DEFCON

DEF CON

DEF CON is one of the world's largest annual hacker conventions, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993.

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DEFCON

The defense readiness condition is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and unified and specified combatant commands. It prescribes five graduated levels of readiness for the U.S. military, and increase in severity from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 1 to match varying military situations.

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