Alert state

An alert state is an indication of the state of readiness of the armed forces for military action or a State against terrorism or military attack.

Examples are the DEFCON levels of the US armed forces, and the BIKINI states of the British.

[edit] See also

• REDCON
• INFOCON
• FPCON
• LERTCON
• EMERGCON
• Homeland Security Advisory System
• DEFCON