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{{other uses|Defcon (disambiguation)}}
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The '''defense readiness condition''' ('''DEFCON''') is an [[alert state]] used by the [[United States Armed Forces]].<ref name="military">{{cite web |author1=Tiffini Theisen |title=What is DEFCON? |url=https://www.military.com/military-life/defcon-levels.html |publisher=Military.com |access-date=19 November 2023 |date=2023}}</ref><ref name="JP1-02">{{cite web |url=http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp1_02.pdf |title=Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |others=12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 19 August 2009) |access-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108082044/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp1_02.pdf |archive-date=8 November 2009}}</ref>
The DEFCON system was developed by the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (JCS) and [[Unified Combatant Command|unified and specified combatant commands]].<ref name="sagan">{{Cite journal |last=Sagan |first=Scott D. |date=Summer 1985 |title=Nuclear Alerts and Crisis Management |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=%2Fjournals%2Finternational_security%2Fv009%2F9.4.sagan.pdf |via=[[Project MUSE]] |journal=[[International Security]] |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=99–139 |doi=10.2307/2538543 |jstor=2538543 |s2cid=154595250 |access-date=2013-05-04 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041305/http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=%2Fjournals%2Finternational_security%2Fv009%2F9.4.sagan.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> It prescribes five graduated levels of readiness (or states of alert) for the U.S. military. It increases in severity from DEFCON 5 (least severe) to DEFCON 1 (most severe) to match varying military situations, with DEFCON 1 signaling the impending outbreak of [[nuclear warfare]].<ref name=military/><ref name="JP1-02"/>
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