[Prost1]

This is a little aside....

In 1973 the President of the US was Richard Nixon.

That was the year of the last major arab-Israeli war.

The Russians were led by Brezhnev. He ordered the Soviet Military to take over the Oil Fields in eastern Turkey/northern Iraq, the so-called Kirkuk Oil Fields.

This would be an invasion of eastern Turkey and Iraq.
President Nixon was facing impeachment hearings. He was considered weak by Brezhnev.

President Nixon learned of Brezhnev's orders and told the SecDef to go to Defcom 4. Defcom 5 is War! Defcom 4 means all Strategic Planes are in their Failsafe zones. All nuclear missiles are ready. All tactical are dispersed.

The rest is history. The Soviets stood down. President Nixon
was run out of office. But his orders as POTUS were uncontested.

Been there.

[Thunder90]

Depthcon 1 means war. Nixon went to Depthcon 2.