The DEFCON Warning System™

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

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United States Should Reassess s Commitment to South Korea

As U.S.-North Korean negotiations broke down, Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un resumed short-range missile tests. President Donald Trump dismissed Kim’s gambit, explaining that

How America’s Cyber Strategy Could Create an International Crisis

The United States has adopted a new cyber warfare strategy focused on “persistent engagement” and “forward defense” in an attempt to thwart

Congress calls on US to scout nuclear alternatives to Turkey base

Congress has tucked a provision into a bill to sanction Turkey for its two-week incursion into northern Syria that would study the

Trump’s Syria Conundrum Is a Sign That America Has Too Many Alliances

A key drawback of Washington’s growing global list of allies and security clients is that some of them hate each other more

Iran Is Winning United States’ Foreign Policy Gamble

President Donald Trump has sixty days to prevent tensions with Iran from spinning out of control. Dissatisfied with the Iran nuclear deal

We’re More at Risk of Nuclear War With Russia Than We Think

DEFCON Warning System – While this article is biased, it does present some important information. In the 1950s and 1960s, Americans genuinely

United States is right on the China threat

President Trump’s latest foray into the world of international economics – his ongoing trade war with China – has been widely derided

A Dangerous Nuclear Agenda

If the United states chooses to eliminate its land-based missiles, as arms control advocates have proposed, it would dramatically and dangerously simplify an

United States has gutted programs aimed at detecting weapons of mass destruction

The Trump administration has quietly dismantled or cut back multiple programs that were created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to help

California’s nuclear power plants built in close proximity to the San Andreas fault, setting up catastrophic “Fukushima” event for the West Coast

A Natural News investigation into the geolocation of nuclear power facilities in California reveals that five nuclear facilities were built in close

Thinking About Space Deterrence and China

U.S. space systems are the backbone of the U.S. economy and national security. Chinese counter-space weapon developments promise to make the satellite

Blast from the past: The Pentagon’s updated war plan for tactical nukes

The first sign of a 21st Century nuclear war might be command post sensors lighting up and aircraft radios buzzing as pilots