Search for crossword answers and clues
Military alert quantifier
Answer for the clue "Military alert quantifier ", 6 letters:
defcon
Alternative clues for the word defcon
Word definitions for defcon in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands . It prescribes five graduated levels of readiness (or states of alert) for the U.S. military. It increases in severity from DEFCON 5 (least ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
abbr. (context chiefly US military English) defense condition, a state of readiness alt. (context chiefly US military English) defense condition, a state of readiness
Usage examples of defcon.
REDCHI goes to DEFCON 3, in response to which SOVWAR airfields and antimissile networks from Irkutsk to the Dzhugdzhur Range go to DEFCON 5, in response to which AMNAT-SAC bombers and antimissile-missile silos in Nebraska and South Dakota and Saskatchewan and eastern Spain assume a Maximum Readiness posture.
We're still at DEFCON 2, and that care package you're sending is big enough to attract attention.
DefCon has confirmed two paraglider landfall near eastern perimeter.