![]() ![]() ![]() Compare the color-coded threat levels with the U.S. The problem is that the color-coded threat levels were vague and long-term, and didn't correspond to useful actions people can take. Opinion: My life is empty without terror alerts We all ignored the levels because they didn't tell us anything useful. The system has been at yellow for the past four years, and before then the changes seemed more timed to political events than actual terrorist threats. It's never been blue or green, the two least dangerous levels. And the one time it was red ("severe risk"), nothing happened. Except that it never did.Īttacks happened more often when the level was yellow ("significant risk") than when it was orange ("high risk"). It was introduced after 9/11, and was supposed to tell you how likely a terrorist attack might be. (CNN) - The Department of Homeland Security is getting rid of the color-coded threat level system. He says officials wouldn't lower level to green for fear of losing their jobs if something happenedĮditor's note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World." Read more of his writing at.Military's DEFCON system works because it's tied to a set of specific actions, he says.Bruce Schneier says it never provided information people could readily act on.DHS is scrapping the color-coded terror alert system.This concludes this report of the DEFCON Warning System. Additional updates will be made as the situation warrants, with more frequent updates at higher alert levels. Note that Twitter updates may be subject to delays. Official news sources will have radiation readings for your area.įor immediate updates, go to Breaking news and important information can be found on the DEFCON Warning System community forum and on the DEFCON Twitter feed You may also subscribe to the DEFCON Warning System mailing list. If this had been an actual attack, the DEFCON Warning System will give radiation readings for areas that are reported to it. At all times, citizens are urged to learn what steps to take in the event of a nuclear attack. The public should make their own evaluations and not rely on the DEFCON Warning System for any strategic planning. It is not affiliated with any government agency and does not represent the alert status of any military branch. ![]() The DEFCON Warning System is a private intelligence organization which has monitored and assessed nuclear threats by national entities since 1984. Turkey says it is considering leaving NATO. Russia, for its part, has refused on-site inspections to verify compliance with New START treaty conditions. However, NATO is sending heavier equipment to Ukraine, which Russia calls an escalation and evidence that NATO is a part of the war. United States says it will support the transfer of F-16s to Ukraine, but it will not send F-16s itself. Russia manufactures Poseidon nuclear-powered torpedo and will deliver them to Belgorod. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom and Japan sign an agreement which allows each country to deploy military units on each other’s soil. Japan reports that it would expand military assets on the Yaeyama Island chain off the east coast of Taiwan. South Korea says that if North Korea’s nuclear threat grows, South Korea would consider nuclear weapons of its own or ask the U.S. The Center for Strategic and International Studies warns that the United States would likely run out of some munitions in less than one week in a Taiwan Strait conflict. The United States warns that weapons manufacturing and delivery is being stressed further by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Iran has stated that any military action against it will be a declaration of war and it is to station warships in the Panama Canal, entering the Pacific Ocean for the first time. Meanwhile, the United Nations says Iran has enough highly enriched uranium to build several nuclear weapons. There are some signs that the United States is settling on a policy of nuclear ambiguity with Iran, allowing Iran to continue to develop its nuclear programme while not officially admitting to its existence. There are currently no imminent nuclear threats at this time. ![]()
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