Alert state

Alert state

An alert state is an indication of the state of readiness of the armed forces for military action or a State against terrorism or military attack.

Examples are the DEFCON levels of the US armed forces, and the BIKINI states of the British.

ee also

* REDCON
* INFOCON
* FPCON
* LERTCON
* EMERGCON
* Homeland Security Advisory System
* DEFCON


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