Though each of the combatant command regions are at 2, the overall OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) Alert Status is still 3. The alert status may be changed to this level after intelligence findings indicate a risk for an impending attack, such as the case in the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 when the alert status was changed to Fast Pace for the Strategic Air Command.ĭefcon 2, or Fast Pace has been reached only once for the SAC, or strategic air command during the cold war Cuban missile crisis in Octoafter soviet missile pads were found in Cuba, but changed to alert level 3 after a short time. During this alert level the United States Armed Forces are ready and prepared to ship out in 6 hours time or less, hence the name “Fast Pace.”ĭefcon 2, or Fast Pace, is the second highest condition level in the warning system, with only alert level 1 being higher.
Defcon 2 means we are at the next step to war or a nuclear threat. along with Africa, Middle East, Cyber, Europe, and South America.ĭEFCON 2, or Fast Pace, is a red colored condition level similar to a ‘red alert’ warning level status.
