The DEFCON Warning System™

The World’s Only Public Nuclear Threat Advisory System. Independent, real-time analysis of global nuclear tensions. Since 1984.

Announcements

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Sunday, April 3rd, 2022. Condition code is Blue. DEFCON 4.

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Sunday, March 27th, 2022. Condition code is Yellow. DEFCON 3.

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Sunday, March 20th, 2022. Condition code is Yellow. DEFCON 3.

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Sunday, March 13th, 2022. Condition code is Yellow. DEFCON 3.

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Sunday, March 6th, 2022. Condition code is Yellow. DEFCON 3.

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 3:30 P.M. UTC, Sunday, February 27th, 2022. Condition code is Yellow. DEFCON 3.

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 10 P.M. UTC, Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022. Condition code is Blue. DEFCON 4.

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 11 P.M. UTC, Tuesday, February 1st, 2022. Condition code is Blue. DEFCON 4.

The DEFCON Warning System is currently monitoring the growing crisis in the Ukraine theatre and the tensions between Russia and NATO. However,

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 2 P.M., Tuesday, January 11th, 2022. Condition code is Blue. DEFCON 4. There

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