Was DEFCON 1 imposed during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?

Question

Would the fact that President Bush was taken to an underground bunker in Omaha, Nebraska on that day support this?

Answer 1

In the event of national emergencies, a series of seven different alert Conditions can be called. DEFCON 1-5 are ready-states of alertness declared by USSTRATCOM. The old SAC declared DEFCON 2 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the only time up to that point in history we've been at that level (ready to strike targets in the Soviet Union).

EMERGCONs are even greater states of war readiness, these are times when the USSTRATCOM commander has determined that a nuclear attack is underway or imminent, either against continental USA targets or US installations.

During the 9/11 attack, we were only placed on DEFCON III, even though continental US was under attack.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

DEFCON 1: Maximum force readiness.
DEFCON 2: Increased force readiness (less than maximum).
DEFCON 3: Increased force readiness.
DEFCON 4: Peacetime; Increased intelligence; Strengthened security measures.
DEFCON 5: Peacetime

The highest alert condition the US military has been at was DEFCON 2 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis.

That's the definition at Wikipedia. What DEFCON were we at on that particular day? I BELIEVE we went to DEFCON 3.

Answer 4

DEFCON 1 is a normal state. During the 911 attacks the government rose to DEFCON 4. Had these attacks been commited by a country like China, just for example, we would have gone to DEFCON 5 which is an immediate state of war, indicating a live attack against US territory.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

No.
Relocating the President begins at Defcon three.

Answer 7

That is a fine question, though I would say if it was imposed, then it must have been delayed, since the secret service only decided to move Bush 28 minutes after they knew unequivocally that the nation was under atack, which goes against secret service protocol.

Answer 8

no, no, defcon 1 only when country being invade by ground troups larger than the country can defend against at any point of time. Or nuclear attack. mostly only nuclear or bichemical attack

Answer 9

"DEFCON" alerts haven't been used in over a decade. We use the Color System.

FYI: If Los Angeles was ever to become a threat we could be at Terror Alert Level "Fabulous Rainbow!"

Answer 10

the only time we were ever that close was in the 60s when USSR put missiles on Cuban soil. yeah,the world dodged another bullet when our towers fell