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The Defcon Warning System, a private organisation which monitors world events and estimates the nuclear threat against America, is now at Level 5 - its lowest possible state.
Just weeks ago the warning was accelerated to Level 3 following increased tensions between US and Russia, with insiders fearing the West was creeping closer to nuclear war.
Level 3 means US troops could be mobilised in as little as 15 minutes.
But the group, made up of experts claiming to have contacts within the US security industry, have seen Donald Trump’s election win as a pacifier for Russian relations.
The group wrote on its website: “The United States took a tentative step toward a more isolationist policy with its recent presidential election.
"While it will take several months to see how the US reforms its foreign policy, already some world leaders have expressed hope that relations could improve, including Russia and Syria.
“If the new US President keeps to his previous statements, look for the United States to withdraw somewhat from military confrontations in the Middle East and possibly European theatre, though it is highly unlikely it will abandon NATO commitments, and the Ukraine will likely pop up again in the near future.
"Russia, however, will probably wait to see what the new President does, as well as now being hampered by the coming winter.”
Donald Trump's election as president of America was welcomed by Vladimir Putin, leader of the US' biggest rival Russia.
He said he hoped the pair would be able to work well together towards a more friendly relationship between the two superstates.
The group did warn, however, about some remaining threats to US and world security.
It said: “China and North Korea … continue to either cast a wary eye or are outright belligerent. Israel … will become more of a focal point again.
Ultimately nobody should be struggling in the world to survive, we honestly need all the super powers to start caring more about their people instead of their agendas.
First off, it's not an official military site.
originally posted by: kosmicjack
First off, it's not an official military site. Second, it doesn't measure the threat due to implosion from within.
The official DEFCON level is kept secret for a number of reasons so nobody can actually say for definite what the level actually is without breaking national security confidentiality agreements. Anyone who tries to tell you that we are at “DEFCON 2” or any other level is frankly talking out of their ass unless they are breaching national security confidentiality agreements.
e weren't at 3 that was a hoax started by superstation95. To give a perspective, we were at defcon 4 the day after the 9/11 atttacks.
The website titled defcon warning system, is not affiliated with the government or the military.
originally posted by: reldra
a reply to: seasonal
We weren't at 3 that was a hoax started by superstation95. To give a perspective, we were at defcon 4 the day after the 9/11 atttacks.
The website titled defcon warning system, is not affiliated with the government or the military.
ATS From OtherSideOfTheCoin:
The official DEFCON level is kept secret for a number of reasons so nobody can actually say for definite what the level actually is without breaking national security confidentiality agreements. Anyone who tries to tell you that we are at “DEFCON 2” or any other level is frankly talking out of their ass unless they are breaching national security confidentiality agreements.
Aside, I thought it was DEFCON...and WHEW that's as close as I want to come to defcon 1