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NC3 assures the integrity of transmitted information and must be survivable to reliably overcome the effects of a nuclear attack. NC3 performs five critical functions: situation monitoring; planning; decision-making; force direction; and; force management.
Dec 18, 2020 · The nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) system refers to the “means through which Presidential authority is exercised and operational command and control of nuclear operations is conducted.
Nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) is a large and complex system comprised of numerous land-, air-, and space-based components used to assure connectivity between the President and nuclear forces.
STRATCOM to design blueprint for nuclear command, control …
Mar 29, 2019 · U.S. Strategic Command was handed the responsibility last fall to solve one of the Defense Department’s most sensitive and complex technology problems: the modernization of the nation’s nuclear...
To remain viable, the United States must modernize our nuclear forces and the nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) capabilities that underpin them. Recapitalization, including plans...
Defense Primer: Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3)
Feb 21, 2025 · CRS PRODUCT (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS) Hide Overview . CRS Product Type: Resources: Referenced Legislation: P.L.113-66; P.L.117-263; P.L.117-81; P.L.118-159; P.L.118-31 ...
Sea, Land, Air, and NC3: Modernizing the Whole Nuclear …
Nov 19, 2024 · I’ve heard the NC3 system referred to as the, quote, “central nervous system” of the nuclear triad. And the importance of NC3 modernization was really highlighted in the Strategic Posture Commission, in the Nuclear Posture Review.
Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications:
Aug 15, 2017 · The Air Force has continued to take steps to provide an Air Force-wide nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) oversight structure for the NC3 Weapon System, but its focus has mainly been on sustaining the current system as it …
Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications: Review of …
Mar 18, 2014 · The Senate Armed Services Committee report accompanying a bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 mandated GAO to assess DOD’s efforts to sustain and improve the NC3 system.
the “Next Generation NC3 Enterprise,” outlines three distinct approaches to NC3 modernization, each with a system lifecycle of approximately 50 years (2030-2080): upgrading the existing system, a hybrid approach to integrating new technologies, and creating an …