[41760] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: World Trade Center attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Timmins)
Wed Sep 12 03:12:02 2001
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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 23:33:09 -0400
To: John Fraizer <nanog@Overkill.EnterZone.Net>
From: Paul Timmins <paul@timmins.net>
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Selfridge AFB just north of Detroit is also at ThreatCon Delta
-Paul
At 10:47 PM 9/11/2001, you wrote:
>DFAS, DCSC, Wright Patterson, and all of the other installations I'm
>familiar with in the Central Ohio area are at ThreatCon Delta.
>
>
>---
>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
> >
