Today's Minuteman weapon system is the product of almost 60 years of continuous enhancement.

Modernization programs have resulted in new versions of the missile, expanded targeting options, and improved accuracy and survivability. Through state-of-the-art improvements, the Minuteman system has evolved to meet new challenges and assume new missions. Minuteman's maintenance concept capitalizes on high reliability and a 'remove and replace' approach to achieve a near 100% alert rate. From the beginning, Minuteman missiles have provided a quick-reacting, inertially guided, highly survivable component to America's strategic deterrent program. Both the missile and basing components incorporated significant advances beyond the relatively slow-reacting, liquid-fueled, remotely controlled intercontinental ballistic missiles of the previous generation. Minuteman was a revolutionary concept and an extraordinary technical achievement. This concludes this report of the DEFCON Warning System.The Minuteman weapon system was conceived in the late 1950s and Minuteman I was deployed in the early 1960s. Additional updates will be made as the situation warrants, with more frequent updates at higher alert levels. Note that Twitter updates may be subject to delays. You may also subscribe to the DEFCON Warning System mailing list. Official news sources will have radiation readings for your area.įor immediate updates, go to Breaking news and important information can be found on the DEFCON Warning System community forum and on the DEFCON Twitter feed DEFCONWSAlerts. If this had been an actual attack, the DEFCON Warning System will give radiation readings for areas that are reported to it. At all times, citizens are urged to learn what steps to take in the event of a nuclear attack. The public should make their own evaluations and not rely on the DEFCON Warning System for any strategic planning. It is not affiliated with any government agency and does not represent the alert status of any military branch. The DEFCON Warning System is a private intelligence organization which has monitored and assessed nuclear threats by national entities since 1984. Meanwhile, Russia and Venezuela discuss cooperation on use of nuclear technology. Meanwhile, NATO says Ukraine has right to strike targets in Russian territory.Īrmenia has suspended its membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization with Russia. supports Ukraine in Russia’s war against that country. Russia refuses to engage with United States in arms control talks while the U.S. believes the new anti-satellite weapon could be nuclear-capable. In response to this development, the U.S has issued direct warnings to the Russian government against deploying a nuclear-capable anti-satellite weapons, which indicate that the U.S. The United States claims that Russia has obtained what it calls a “troubling” emerging anti-satellite weapon which can cause destabilization among the world powers. However, there has been more talk, but no commitments, regarding sending NATO troops into Ukraine for training and other non-combat missions. Meanwhile, Russia is increasingly confident that the West will surrender the Ukraine conflict to Russia. Russia looks to increase the age limit of its military to bolster its forces in the face of continuing losses in the Ukraine theatre. infrastructure are now at an unprecedented scale and that Beijing-backed actors were pre-positioning malware that could be triggered at any moment to disrupt U.S. China’s shipmaking capabilities are far outpacing that of the U.S. The United Nations’ atomic watchdog says Iran has reduced its stockpile of near weapons-grade nuclear material, though still has enough weapons-grade material for several nuclear weapons.Ĭhina is seeking inroads to African coastal nations to allow China to station military forces or open a naval port, which the U.S. Iran has started work on a site with plans to build four new nuclear reactors. While The DEFCON Warning System does not foresee any unusual escalatory movements by either side, we will continue to monitor the situation. These statements are generally considered to be hyperbolic in nature, designed as a warning to NATO as well as to play to Russian audiences. Russian nuclear threats have made headlines recently, with warnings from Russia that involvement by NATO in the Russian war against Ukraine will result in nuclear usage.

There are currently no imminent nuclear threats at this time.

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