Does anyone know what DEFCON we are at right now?

[BidenRocks]

I do not want to play a game, but Putin can Fuck Off!
No surrender, no quarter given!

[Gore1FL]

1. I'd hazard a guess that we are at 4 or 5. nt

[sarisataka]

2. 3 nt

[Runningdawg]

3. It is never made public knowledge. But past numbers are available.

The highest was DC2 during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the first Gulf War. On 911 it was only raised to a 3. 3 would also be my best guest at where we are now.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Given how afraid NATO leaders are acting, I think it is higher.

[former9thward]

5. DEFCON 3 means the Air Force is ready to mobilze in 15 minutes.

I think we would know about that. Too many bases around the U.S. and world not to notice it.

[Runningdawg]

16. Surprise is our greatest weapon. IF the military is doing it's job you would notice nothing.

[former9thward]

18. I was in the Air Force.

Bases are not in the middle of nowhere. Yes, it would be noticed. And I might add it would certainly be noticed by the Russians with their satellites.

[Runningdawg]

19. I think you give the average American too much credit

most would only notice military air traffic if they got an alert on their phone. I live smack dab in the middle between McConnel and Tinkers flight path. Hubby is a Marine. I notice the traffic, but even I wouldn't recognize the difference between drills and an actual mission.

[Coventina]

10. Why so high for first Gulf War?

Seems odd to me.

[David__77]

13. There was uncertainty as to Iraq's military capability.

Unfortunately since that war, US policymakers have gotten much more confident of capabilities.

[Solly Mack]

6. DEFCON 3 currently.

As other people have stated.

[txwhitedove]

7. Feels like a 4 to me.

[sarcasmo]

8. Ft. Bragg we had BRB 1 through BRB 5, we're at a 5. Battalion Ready Brigade

[Yorkie Mom]

9. In light of the answers on this thread, I have a question.

Is anyone preparing for a nuclear war? Have you done anything to prepare for you and your family?

[Coventina]

11. Personally, I don't want to survive if it comes to that.

I think the living will envy the dead.

[Yorkie Mom]

12. I get that and feel pretty much the same, but we are likely to survive unless we are very near

where the bomb hits.

[Mariana]

14. I've been setting up the cellar to be a fallout shelter.

Nothing extreme, but I've moved some ready-to-eat food, water, a radio, batteries, sleeping bags, etc. there that I normally keep elsewhere. A lot of the stuff we would need is already stored there anyway. I should also set up a bug-out bag for each of us in case we have to leave the house.

I understand the sentiment of not wanting to live if that happens and it's really widespread, but radiation is no way to go.

[Yorkie Mom]

15. Same here. I've started gathering the basics

and storing them in the basement.

[Flaleftist]

17. Hopefully, I'll be close enough to a detonation that I get incinerated.

[ruet]

20. I'm Within A Major Target Area.

It won't matter.