Over the following days, the various forces reverted to normal status with the Sixth Fleet standing down on November 17. Further details are unavailable and remain classified. Soviet troops never landed, although the ship supposedly transporting nuclear weapons did arrive in Egypt. The United States became concerned that the Soviet Union might intervene, and on October 25, US forces, including Strategic Air Command, Continental Air Defense Command, European Command and the Sixth Fleet, were placed at DEFCON 3.Īccording to documents declassified in 2016, the move to DEFCON 3 was motivated by CIA reports indicating that the Soviet Union had sent a ship to Egypt carrying nuclear weapons along with two otherĪmphibious vessels. Armed Forces were at DEFCON 3 status during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
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