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NC2
Event
October 5, 2021 3:00 pm
Detangling Nuclear Command and Control: CJCS Milley, Sole Authority, and the Future of American NC2
September’s revelations about CJCS Milley’s actions in the days following the January 6 attack on the Capitol reignited the debate about American nuclear command and control, and renewed questions about the President’s sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. On October 5, 2021, IST convened experts to discuss the state of NC2 in the United States.
chain of command
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nuclear command and control
October 5, 2021
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U.S. Nuclear Command and Control for the 21st Century
Dr. John Harvey calls for fixing the legacy NC2 system, including the so-called “thin line” architecture, to address Cold War-era nuclear scenarios which have not yet gone away, developing an NC2 concept and associated architecture to address “modern” nuclear conflict, and generating a plan to field it over the next 10-15 years.
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alert posture
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cold war
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command
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communication
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conflict
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control
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deterrence
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NC2
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NC3
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nuclear
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resilience
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stability
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strategic
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Strategy
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sustainment
May 23, 2019
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