[41700] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: World Trade Center attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Fraizer)
Tue Sep 11 23:23:23 2001
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:47:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Fraizer <nanog@Overkill.EnterZone.Net>
To: Marshall Eubanks <tme@21rst-century.com>
Cc: "Mark C . Langston" <mark@bitshift.org>, nanog@merit.edu
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DFAS, DCSC, Wright Patterson, and all of the other installations I'm
familiar with in the Central Ohio area are at ThreatCon Delta.
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John Fraizer
EnterZone, Inc
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>
> >
> >On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:46:24AM -0700, Ulf Zimmermann wrote:
> >>
> >> The USA is currently in state Delta, highest alertness state as if War has
>
> >> been declared. (Based on report on Fox News in the last 5 minutes)
> >
>
> ThreatCon Delta (how its called in the Navy at least)
> means that your base is either under attack, or an
> attack is likely.
>
> This has nothing directly to do with DEFCON's - which
> relate to readiness for war, not local attack.
>
> I heard that all bases in the DC area are in
> ThreatCon Delta.
>
> Regards
> Marshall Eubanks
>
> >Correct. FP (Force Protection) Condition Delta is the highest alert.
> >Though I've heard it's only the US East coast posts that are at Delta;
> >I've had reports that most overseas bases are at Charlie. FPCon is a
> >localized alert state and will vary by location.
> >
> >DEFCON 2 has been reached, I believe.
> >
> >DEFCON 1 does not necessarily equate automatically to war, however. It
> >is merely the maximum level of force readiness.
> >
> >--
> >Mark C. Langston
> >mark@bitshift.org
> >Systems & Network Admin
> >http://www.bitshift.org
> >
> >
>
> Marshall Eubanks
>
> tme@21rst-century.com
>
