The DEFCON Warning System™

Ongoing GeoIntel and Analysis in the theater of nuclear war. DEFCON Level assessment issued for public notification. Established 1984.

Russia

In the silent war down in the black abyss, Russia is now stronger than the US Navy

It took years of work, but the Russian navy’s secretive, highly specialised submarine AS-31 – nicknamed “Losharik” – is finally ready for

The Looming Ukraine Debacle

With Ukraine’s military situation deteriorating, NATO foreign ministers have gathered in Brussels to develop a long-term plan to deliver the necessary supplies

Russia Is a Serious Threat in Space, But There’s No Need to Panic

We learned recently that the United States has intelligence suggesting that Russia is considering a new anti-satellite weapon of some kind. With

Russian Nuclear Threats: Should We Be Worried?

Many will have heard Putin’s latest not-so-veiled threat, that “[NATO countries] have to understand that we also have weapons, weapons that could

Intel raises concern over Russia’s new nuclear weapon capabilities

The United States has reportedly obtained intelligence that reveals new nuclear weapons capabilities by the Russian Federation that may threaten national security,

Russia and China are on the brink of a military alliance that could overwhelm the United States

For decades, the military might of the US was unchallenged. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the US was

So what if Russia resumes testing high-yield nukes?

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is a multilateral arms control Treaty negotiated in the mid-1990s which sought to ban all nuclear weapons

Russian nuclear test would send warning signal, prompt others to follow suit

Russia may be paving the way to conduct a nuclear test, a move that would sharply raise tensions with the West and

Evidence reveals who is cheating on START treaty

While Russia has “suspended” its observance of the New START Treaty (clearly in violation of the Treaty), it nonetheless claims that it

Russia’s Gray Zone Threat after Ukraine

ussia is spent. Foreign investors and some of the country’s best minds have fled, the economy is hobbled by sanctions, and its

Satellite images show increased activity at nuclear test sites in Russia, China and US

Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent

China, Russia taking ‘batting practice’ in air intercepts of aging US aircraft, general says

Russian and Chinese forces are growing bolder in their aerial intercepts of U.S. aircraft, in part because they’re no longer intimidated by