Post-Attack Command and Control System
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post-attack-command-and-control-system-187-10033048
title:
Post-Attack Command and Control System
text:
The Post Attack Command and Control System (PACCS) was a network of communication sites for use before, during and after a nuclear attack on the United States. PACCS was designed to ensure that National Command Authority would retain exclusive and complete control over US nuclear weapons. Among other components, it included Strategic Air Command assets such as the Looking Glass aircraft and mission, and various hardened command and control facilities. The belief by the Soviet Union in the reliab
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Former US nuclear communications network
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Attack_Command_and_Control_System
date created:
2007-03-11T03:34:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T15:43:30Z
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