DEFCON Warning System – Update 9/29/22
This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 7 P.M. UTC, Thursday, September 29th, 2022. Condition code is Blue. DEFCON 4.
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DEFCON Warning System – This article originally appeared in Profile.ru. While The DEFCON Warning System is politically neutral, we do understand that
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DEFCON Warning System – Update 9/1/22
This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Thursday, September 1st, 2022. Condition code is Green. DEFCON 5.