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C3I
Communications, Command, Control and Intelligence
United States Nuclear Forces

"Communications are the nervous system of the entire SAC organization, and their protection is therefore, of the greatest importance. I like to say that without communications, all I control is my desk, and that is not a very lethal weapon." Gen. T.S. Power, CINCSAC, May 1959

SYSTEMS DEFCON SACCS - Strategic Automated Command Control System SWPS - Strategic War Planning System NPES -Nuclear Planning and Execution System JRADS -Joint Resource Assessment Data System REACT Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting USSTRATCOM CESAR N/UWSS NORAD / USSPACECOM Warfighting Support System COG - Continuity of Government NMCS National Military Command System WWMCCS - Worldwide Military Command and Control System GCCS - Global Command and Control System JOPES - Joint Planning and Execution System NCS National Communications System

NODES EC-135 Looking Glass E-6A Mercury (TACAMO) E-4B NAOC CINC Mobile Alternate Headquarters (CMAH) "The Football" The White House Camp David National Military Command Center Raven Rock Site R Cheyenne Mountain STRATCOM Command Center Olney Special Facility Denton FRC Mount Weather Mount Pony Casper [The Greenbrier] Davidsonville Brandywine Hagerstown Mercersburg Boonsboro State Emergency Ops Centers Annapolis NRTF

CONNECTIVITY AN/BST-1A AUTODIN Combat Ciders CONELRAD DCWCS DIRECT DMS EAS EBS ELF ERCS FSBS GWEN ICBM LCC IEMATS MAYFLOWER/MERLIN MEECN Mystic Star NAWAS Nationwide SLFCS SLVR SSIXS TCS [L-4] VERDIN VLF

Sources and Resources

• Bruce Blair and Henry Kendall: Accidental Nuclear War Scientific American, Volume 263, Number 6, pp. 19-24, December 1990