This is the DEFCON Warning System.  Alert status for 6 P.M., Thursday, December 1st, 2016.  Condition code is Green.  DEFCON 5.

There are currently no imminent nuclear threats against the United States at this time.

Russia has reactivated its train-launched nuclear missile programme.  These missiles are extremely hard to find and very effective second-strike weapons.  Additionally, Russia is to return mothballed tanks to service and update them to be battle ready for the Far East and arctic environments and has moved short ranged ballistic missiles to Kalingrad.

Continuing with Russian developments, Russia is working with  defense industries to increase ability for military production and claims to have developed a counter weapon to NATO’s combat swarm drones.  A more worrisome development is that Russia’s abilities to deploy troops quickly to long distances currently is superior to NATO’s ability.

China has announced that its first aircraft carrier is ready for combat operations and tests hypersonic missile capable of striking target 300 miles away.  In some good news, China has expressed hope that relations with U.S. could improve under incoming U.S. president.  Russia has also stated it hopes that relations could improve after the U.S. Inauguration and is in contact with the President-Elect over Syria.

The Phillipines is to meet with Russia to discuss defense cooperation agreement between the two countries. India signs nuclear cooperation agreement with Japan, though there are concerns that India is not part of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.  Israel, for the first time in six years, has participated in NATO exercises.

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This concludes this broadcast of the DEFCON Warning System.