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REDCON-1: Full alert; unit ready to move and fight. WMD alarms and hot loop equipment [2] stowed; OPs pulled in. (A hot loop is a field telephone circuit between the subunits of a company.) All personnel alert and mounted on vehicles; weapons manned. Engines started. Company team is ready to move immediately. REDCON-1.5
An alert state or state of alert is an indication of the state of readiness of the armed forces for military action or a state against natural disasters, terrorism or military attack. The term frequently used is "on high alert". [ 1 ]
The alert measurement systems are various states of alertness or readiness for the armed forces used around the world during a state of war, act of terrorism or a military attack against a state. They are known by different acronyms, such as DEFCON , or defense readiness condition, used by the U.S. Armed Forces.
The National Warning System (NAWAS) is an automated telephone system used to convey warnings to United States–based federal, state and local governments, as well as the military and civilian population. [1]
The defense readiness condition (DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. [1] [2] For security reasons, the US military does not announce a DEFCON level to the public. [1] The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands. [3]
Several Thai army vehicles, equipped with roof-mounted machine guns, patrolled the streets of Mae Sot, even as the sound of explosions and heavy fighting rang out from across the border in ...
In the United States military's strategic nuclear weapon nuclear command and control (NC2) system, an Emergency Action Message (EAM) is a preformatted message that directs nuclear-capable forces [1] to execute specific Major Attack Options (MAOs) or Limited Attack Options (LAOs) in a nuclear war.
MyGov [1] (Hindi: मेरी सरकार, romanized: Mērī Sarakāra) is a citizen engagement platform [2] launched by the Government of India on 26 July 2014 to promote the active participation of Indian citizens in their country's governance and development. [3]