
The last time the military was at DEFCON 1 was during the Gulf War crisis. When discussing DEFCON, we're not talking about things related to the DEF CON hacker convention that has been an important part of the hacker community for twenty years but rather to a graduated scale of military readiness that was established during the Cold War and is still used today.ĭEFCON Level 1 There is a chance of the United States or our allies being targeted by nuclear weapons. SAC remained at DEFCON 2 until November 15. During the Cuban Missile Crisis on Octo, the U.S. The highest level of DEFCON known to have been used The highest confirmed DEFCON ever was Level 2. 1 Australia, after a decade being held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre (Penrith), would be indefinitely suspended, since they were "unable to secure a suitable replacement venue for the event to take place " On, Q-dance announced on its official Facebook profiles that Defqon.

It's home to 78.000 visitors and it's the largest harder styles festival in the world. 1 Weekend Festival 2021 takes place from June 25th until June 27th at Biddinghuizen in the Netherlands.

Since 2009 the event has also been hosted in Sydney in mid-September, at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.ĭefqon. Since 2011 it is hosted on the event site next to Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen. The festival was previously held in mid-June on Almeerderstrand in Almere. DEFCON 2 was announced in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and was announced briefly in 1991 at the start of the first Gulf War.Įvents. Some sources report the United States has never entered anything higher than DEFCON 3, but this is technically untrue.
