The DEFCON Warning System™

Independent DEFCON monitoring and nuclear-threat analysis since 1984.

Announcements

Our three person roundtable panel discusses current topics and events in the news. In this episode: Why the West is interested in

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Sunday, January 1st, 2023. Condition code is Green. DEFCON 5.

Our annual Ask Me Anything where the Director of The DEFCON Warning System takes all questions (within reason)!

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Monday, November 28th, 2022. Condition code is Green. DEFCON 5.

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Monday, November 7th, 2022. Condition code is Blue. DEFCON 4.

The DEFCON Warning System Digest is a more indepth report of current events. For this episode, our guest Billy Auger discusses how

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Tuesday, November 1st, 2022. Condition code is Yellow. DEFCON 3.

The DEFCON Warning System Digest is a more indepth report of current events. In this case, we take a deeper dive into

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 1 A.M. UTC, Wednesday, October 26th, 2022. Condition code is Yellow. DEFCON 3.

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Condition code is Blue. DEFCON 4.

On September 29, 2022, The DEFCON Warning System raised its alert level to DEFCON 4: Blue over the events occurring in the

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 7 P.M. UTC, Thursday, September 29th, 2022. Condition code is Blue. DEFCON 4.