#DEFCON WARNING SYSTEM DISCORD UPDATE#

#DEFCON WARNING SYSTEM DISCORD UPDATE#

It can easily be set to run in the background with no indication it is there unless there is an update to the world theatre (this is done by adding a file called nfig to the program’s directory). The DEFCON Listener queries the website using winhttpjs, grabbing the current status and reacting based on said status. Today’s highlighted program monitors this system and updates the user as needed. This system is not perfect, but is the best option to monitor the situation. The system has a 5 stage alert process, with 5 being all clear and 1 meaning that a nuclear attack is in progress or is considered to be highly likely. Pentagon’s own DEFCON system, the DWS is a service meant to alert the general population of nuclear threats. While the doomsday clock is updated yearly and is not intended to alert of immediate danger, the DEFCON Warning System established in 1984 is. Why are we talking about nuclear war? Bear with me, I’m getting there, I promise. Hopefully our world leaders would recognize that this is not a viable response.īut I hear you saying, this website isn’t for preppers or scientists, it’s for batch coders. If multiple countries retaliate and all sides send all of their nukes, it could destroy our atmosphere. When a nuclear attack is detected, the victim sends all of its nukes at the attacker as well, assuring both sides loose. Mutually assured destruction is the concept many countries use as a defense against nuclear war. There are other concerns with nuclear war. Unless you are within some 15 miles of where a nuke hits, it is very likely that, with proper prep and precaution, one can survive an isolated event. Nonetheless, it is a good example of how nuclear war is still an active and important threat.Īnother important thing to note, is that while Hollywood would have you believe that a nuke landing in your country would be the end of all life, nukes are much more localized than that. The clock’s purpose is not to warn citizens of impending doom, but to alert the scientific community that change must occur.

In 1991, scientists rated the world “17 minutes from midnight.” Today, the clock is set to just 100 seconds from midnight, the Bulletin citing the threat of nuclear war as their primary concern.ĭon’t go running to the hills just yet. The closer to midnight, the worse these scientist things are. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists created the doomsday clock in 1947, a symbolic clock updated in January of each year that represents how close the scientists believe mankind is to a doomsday event.

While the issue of nuclear war has been somewhat forgotten in today’s culture, the threat is still a very real one. It’s a little depressing, and substandard for what I normally share, but I feel it is important. To start describing this program, we need a bit of a backstory.

Defcon warning system discord