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Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Systems of the People’s Republic of China

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Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Systems of the People’s Republic of China

Fiona Cunningham describes the origins of China’s NC3 system and its primary role in supporting China’s land-based missile force. She outlines recent developments including mobility, “informatization” and automation of parts of the NC3 system, pending deployment of nuclear missile submarines, early warning systems, evolving organizational structure, and cultural factors that shape China’s NC3 system and its orientation towards negative versus positive control.
arms race, China, crisis instability, emergency, escalation, modernization, NC3, nuclear, red line, stability
July 18, 2019
NC3 and Crisis Instability: Growing Dangers in the 21st Century

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NC3 and Crisis Instability: Growing Dangers in the 21st Century

Daryl Press focuses on the growing threats to nuclear command and control and communication (NC3) systems around the world and the links between vulnerable NC3 and strategic instability due to the risky steps that nuclear weapons states may adopt to protect their arsenals during crises or wars.
accident, accuracy revolution, air defense, alert level, arms race, artificial intelligence, cold war, conventional weapon, crisis instability, data, decision-making, deterrence, escalation, force planning, modernization, NATO, NC3, nuclear, preemptive strike, stability, survivability
October 17, 2019