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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes anyone know what DEFCON we are at right now?
I do not want to play a game, but Putin can Fuck Off!
No surrender, no quarter given!
Gore1FL
(21,030 posts)sarisataka
(18,213 posts)Runningdawg
(4,494 posts)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
(45,619 posts)former9thward
(31,802 posts)I think we would know about that. Too many bases around the U.S. and world not to notice it.
Runningdawg
(4,494 posts)former9thward
(31,802 posts)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
(4,494 posts)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
(26,846 posts)Seems odd to me.
David__77
(23,214 posts)Unfortunately since that war, US policymakers have gotten much more confident of capabilities.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)As other people have stated.
txwhitedove
(3,922 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Yorkie Mom
(16,420 posts)Is anyone preparing for a nuclear war? Have you done anything to prepare for you and your family?
Coventina
(26,846 posts)I think the living will envy the dead.
Yorkie Mom
(16,420 posts)where the bomb hits.
Mariana
(14,849 posts)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
(16,420 posts)and storing them in the basement.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)ruet
(10,035 posts)It won't matter.