Defcon delta
Lilah refers to Wolfram and Hart as being at "Defcon, like, a thousand" over Connor's birth, Lilah being a civilian lawyer who apparently knows nothing about the military. Toofer: The lowest level of defense preparedness? Fantastic. WarGames averted this trope, though Word of God thought they had it wrong in the DVD commentary.In By Dawn's Early Light, not only does USAF General Renning use the "this is a drill" practice names for Defense Conditions COCKED PISTOL (DEFCON 1) and ROUND HOUSE (DEFCON 3) by going from COCKED PISTOL to ROUND HOUSE on his authority, Renning just ordered the reduction of defense readiness when there are Soviet nuclear missiles actively flying towards the United States at that moment!.Either way, no one could accuse them of screwing up.
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In Independence Day, the president says, "We may need to upgrade to Defcon 3", and does order it in the extended cut, which could either be correct or incorrect.Most likely, it was kept as "Defcon" in the film because that's what people would recognize. The Secretary of Defense announces the country was now at "Defcon Delta, our highest alert level." The oddness is reconciled given the depth of cooperation he received from the United States armed forces: in the real world, Threat Conditions Alpha through Delta are used in the military to denote the likelihood of a terrorist/surprise attack (as opposed to a general state of hostilities and war), with 'Alpha' meaning 'remotely possible' and Delta meaning 'attack imminent or has just taken place'. The 2007 Transformers film handled this in an interesting fashion.The fact that they couldn't even be wrong in the usual manner was not the worst thing about this movie. The horrible 1980's cold war film Defcon 4 incorrectly gave Defcon 4 as the highest state of alert.In Canadian Bacon, Defcon 4 means "imminent nuclear attack.".Hey y'all! It's revolution up in this Bitch! Set the alarm for Defcon 5! It's on, baby. Undercover Brother: "That's Right! It's goin' to the streets.It's not funny." Which possibly makes sense in this context, since Ben is doing everything he can to keep the relationship peaceful while Andie is trying to get dumped. I mean, this is Defcon Five, and I have to do something truly appalling.
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Only the Strategic Air Command (the nuclear bombers) were at DEFCON 2, the rest of the military was maintained at DEFCON 3 throughout the crisis Code Name: FAST PACE note This would have been during the Cuban Missile Crisis on October 22, 1962. Armed Forces ready to deploy and engage in less than 6 hours this is the highest level ever reached in history.
Code Name: DOUBLE TAKE note seems that someone in the military had an odd sense of humor DEFCON 4: Increased intelligence watch and strengthened security measures.The highest that the worldwide DEFCON level has ever risen to is 3. It's important to note that DEFCON levels can be limited to geographical regions, DEFCON 2 during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Gulf War were limited to the affected regions.
The Yom Kippur War of 1973 saw a brief period at DEFCON 3 (codename "ROUND HOUSE", with some forces in the Middle East being at 2), as did 9/11. The highest state reached for the Strategic Air Command in US history was DEFCON 2 (codename "FAST PACE", during the Cuban Missile Crisis), the Gulf War also led to forces in the Middle East reaching DEFCON 2, for obvious reasons i.e., actually being at war.
The use of nuclear weapons is authorized here, but they will still require unlock codes from high authority. DEFCON 1 (codename "COCKED PISTOL") is the highest, referring to a confirmed state of nuclear war. DEFCON 5 (codename "FADE OUT" note These codenames are used during exercises to avoid confusion with the real deal) is the lowest state of alert, aka completely tranquil peace time. This is incorrect, and this trope is about the misuse of these terms. In some movies, the phrase "Defcon 5" or Defense Readiness Condition 5 is used to refer to the highest state of alert for the United States Armed Forces.