A Reuters journalist is among the civilians to have been killed on the Lebanese side of the border, and last Sunday an employee of an Israeli electric supplier was killed in a strike by an anti-tank missile in the Israeli border town of Dovev. In the weeks since Hamas launched its attack on Israel, a low intensity conflict has been raging in the north of the country as crossfire between Israel and Lebanon-based militants becomes increasingly deadly. This information is regularly updated to ensure clarity regarding the status of the potential defense level and military deployments for United States.It should be the height of tourist season in Tiberias, an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee where the New Testament says many of Jesus’ miracles were performed.īut instead of pilgrims, thousands of Israelis evacuated from communities close to the Lebanese border have arrived in Tiberias, swelling the city’s population by 20% Mayor Boaz Yosef told CNN. He described the evacuation as “the biggest” movement of Israelis in decades. UPDATED: as at 28-2-2022 9:26am UTC the overall DEFCON is at presumed at raised alert 3, while the specific combat section EUCOM (European Command) DEFCON level remains at level 2.

He has published several books and written numerous articles on the topics of macro-economics, technology and society. Mark Rais is the creator of the think tank Trend Analysis Network, writer for the technology and science industry and volunteer senior editor for an on-line magazine. Leaders disparage NZ Covid response while their citizens die.Clash of Super Powers in an Age of Global Conflict.However, wise and swift action among New Zealand’s leadership can soften any long-term impact of this emerging new frontier. This change will exacerbate many of the already existing conditions around inflation of commodities and supply chain limitations. We have witnessed this day a substantive new fulcrum for change. Supply stability should also immediately be encouraged through incentives for private sectors. It will be especially critical for the current government to begin allocating funds and processes to ensure important items including petrol supplies are properly increased to enable reasonable long term supply stability. Our leaders must understand that the events unfolding will have a decade of implications, not a few weeks of turmoil. Moreover, as trade, supply chains, and essential commodities will flow significantly differently going forward, critical resources must begin to be stockpiled, with both government and private sector engagement. New Zealand leadership must quickly decide what methods to apply not to become direct players in what appears to be a restructuring and resurgence of the former cold-war. It will be a particularly difficult new order in which to remain neutral and not be allocated as pawns. The reality that will directly impact New Zealand, and to which the leadership here must begin to properly plan for is a new order where the world will once again be divide quite rigorously and concretely between two hegemonic sides. Instead we have moved to a new cold-war era and today is the demarcation between the old and new global order. We are no longer observing a short protracted isolated conflict in Eastern Europe. Today, as a response to Putin’s order for Russian deterrence forces moved to their highest alert, the United States again moved the DEFCON to level 2. January 15th, 1991 when the start of operations began for the Gulf War

October 22nd, 1962 at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis Level 2 was reached only twice before in the defence level history. The changed alert level means that all primary deployment forces of the United States are now prepared to mobilse within 6 hours. To understand what DEFCON 2 level indicates, you have only to review the last two times in history that the United States military DEFCON warning system was moved to level 2. However, the United States’ response to move the DEFCON (defence condition) level to 2 should immediately guide leaders, especially here in New Zealand to understand the broader implications. They are viewing it with some scepticism and pointing out that his order is not clear in its actual implications. To understand what Putin placing his deterrence forces on highest alert means in clear terms, we must look beyond the initial European leadership responses, and review the immediate result to the United States DEFCON status.Įuropean leaders have responsibly tempered reaction to Putin’s escalation, in which he has raised the alert level for Russian nuclear forces. The Move To DEFCON 2 And Implications For New Zealand Monday, 28 February 2022, 5:13 pm

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