
SeptemThe Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has accused Russia of attempting to shell a second nuclear power plant in the Mykolaiv region. Russia says, "there will be no general mobilization" but may be martial law. Septem*UPDATED* US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that President Putin appears to be on the brink of proceeding with plans to hold "sham referenda" in areas of Ukraine and potentially preparing for potential mobilization measures. Septem38 Chinese military aircraft, and 6 PLAN vessels were spotted around the island of Taiwan on September 21st, 2022, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Defense. SeptemMOSCOW - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has announced that Russia will be drafting 300,000 reservists, and says that mobilization is necessary in order to "consolidate" Ukrainian territory that the country has occupied. Septem*UPDATED* North Korean state media has reported that the country is not exporting weapons to Russia, and does not have any plans at all to do so. If the current defcon level changes from the level it is at now, it will be reflected on the alert status above as well as in any of the Regional News Pages, where you will also find the current defcon level alert status for each combatant command region and up to date news and news ticker for each region. Russian President Vladimir Putin has now ordered Russia's nuclear deterrent forces on alert in response to Western sanctions and rising tensions over Putin's invasion on Ukraine. We don't believe the current situation warrants a two quite yet. Confused about what we do? Read the FAQ on our About Page. After assessing the situation with Russia and their forces being set to a higher nuclear deterrence level, we have set our overall alert level back to three for the time being. The current overall Defcon level OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) estimate is now Defcon level 3. Full news stories will now be posted to our new sister site: The Standeford Journal. News and alerts are now separated, as the Defcon Level Warning System was originally intended to be an alerts site.
