US Army moves to Defcon 2 Over Korea Tensions?

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Heightened tensions in the aftermath of North Korea’s successful underground testing of a nuclear bomb Monday have prompted the US Army to move its alertness level to DEFCON 2,sources report.

The South Korean Defense Ministry has also raised  its Watch Condition, or Watchcon, to the second-highest level from Watchcon 3 to Watchcon 2. 28,000 U.S. soldiers are based in South Korea.

After Monday’s test, South Korea agreed to take part in an American-led operation to search boats traveling in the area for unconventional weapons.

This prompted North Korea to angrily threaten a “powerful military strike” if any North Korean ships were stopped or searched. North Korea also declared it was “no longer bound” by the 1953 Armistice treaty which ended hostilities in The Korean War and officially withdrew from it. North and South Korea have technically been at war since then because no official peace treaty had ever been signed.

DEFCON 2 
This refers to a further increase in force readiness just below maximum readiness. The most notable time it was declared was during the Cuban Missile Crisis, although the declaration was limited to Strategic Air Command. It is not certain how many times this level of readiness has been reached.

The North Korean government’s official newspaper, Minju Joseon, followed up on this threat Thursday, warning that “even a minor accidental clash could lead to nuclear war.”

“It’s a matter of time when a fuse for war is triggered,” the commentary read.

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