you dont WANT higher than 2.
  Defense Conditions (DefCon)
 DefCon 5-Peacetime
 DefCon 4-Alert (This is the usual one)
 DefCon 3-High Alert
 DefCon 2-Highest Alert/Standby (at this point, bombers are in the air, missile doors open on subs, and covers are off the silos) Can also represent conventional warfare.
 DefCon 1-Launch codes issued to nuclear forces. <--We've only gotten to that point THRICE. And two of the times (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) the term DefCon didn't exist yet. The third time was a hairy few minutes during the Cuban Missile Crisis. They dont' talk about that part much. 
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