WATCHCON

WATCHCON (Watch Condition)[1] is an alert state system used by and coordinated between the South Korean armed forces and United States Department of Defense to measure reconnaissance posture, utilized often in matters concerning North Korea.[2]

Hierarchy of Stages

There are four WATCHCON stages.[2]

  • WATCHCON 4 is in effect during normal peacetime.
  • WATCHCON 3 is in effect amidst indications of an important threat.
  • WATCHCON 2 is in effect amidst indications of a vital threat.
  • WATCHCON 1 is in effect during wartime.
gollark: In general, it packs a lot of somewhat different things into one interface.
gollark: Partly. But it seems like they're using one API in weirdly different ways which don't really make sense together.
gollark: I mean, yes, you could say "well, it's just a name for [some state in the kernel for knowing where packets go]", but it's an, er, excessively overloaded API.
gollark: As far as I can see, "sockets" mostly map to "connections", except there aren't connections for UDP.
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See also

References
  1. Transcript : DoD News Briefing : Tuesday, April 9, 1996 - 2p.m, United States Department of Defense. Accessed June 28, 2009.
  2. OPLAN 5027 Major Theater War - West, GlobalSecurity.org. Accessed June 28, 2009.


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