A high DEFCON level is now techno-slang for a situation so pressing that it needs prompt, extreme action. Going to the international hackers convention? That’s a DEF CON. The term shows up in TV shows and movies, video games, cartoons, songs, and even hot-sauce labels. It’s embarrassing, perhaps, but not that surprising-this concept from the depths of the cold war still has so much popular fascination it has blurred under constant use. According to Robert Ruby, a newspaper reporter embedded on the ship, one officer grabbed a spy novel to find out what the alert meant. The battleship, Bill told them over the loudspeaker, was now at DEFCON 2. For most sailors on board the USS Wisconsin in January 1991, the first they heard of Operation Desert Storm was an announcement from the commanding officer, Captain David Bill.
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