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Everything Everywhere Daily

DEFCON

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Historically, an army would have days, weeks, or even months to prepare for war. However, with the development of intercontinental missiles and nuclear weapons, the time for preparation was reduced to hours or even minutes. In light of these changes, it was necessary to develop a system that allowed for rapid mobilization and readiness. Learn more about the DEFCON system, and the history of its level changes, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Historically, an army could have days, weeks, or even months to prepare for a war.

0:04.4

However, with the development of intercontinental missiles and nuclear weapons,

0:08.4

the time for preparation was reduced to hours or even minutes.

0:11.9

In light of those changes, it was necessary to develop a

0:14.8

system that allowed for rapid mobilization and readiness. Learn more about the

0:19.1

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In 1957, the United States and Canada announced the creation of the North American

1:42.1

Aerospace Defense Command, or Norad.

1:45.7

Their mission was to monitor the skies above North America, primarily to detect incoming

1:49.7

Soviet bombers or missiles.

1:52.0

As part of the development of the command, they created a warning

1:54.4

system so they could mobilize defense forces at a moment's notice. However, the first system

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