| Army Strategic Forces Command (Pakistan) | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 2000 |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Branch |  Pakistan Army |
| Type | Command and control (C2) |
| Role | Strategic deterrence Ground-based First Strike |
| Size | ☓☓☓ Corps (Though, it is vary due to troops rotations based on strategic calculus) |
| Headquarters | Joint Staff HQ in Chaklala, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Colors Identification | Red and White |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Lt-Gen. Shahbaz Khan |
| Chief of Staff | Brig. Amer Riaz |
| Maneuver Corps of the Pakistan Army | ||||
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The Pakistan Army Strategic Forces Command (Reporting name: ASFC) is a strategic and missile formation of the Pakistan Army.: 338 [1] Headquartered at the Joint Staff HQ in Chaklala near Rawalpindi,: 388 [1] the strategic command controls the land-based ballistics and cruise missile systems—both nuclear and conventional.: 240 [1]
Its organizational structure is model based on the conventional corps with its operations similar to Regiment of Artillery, and responsible only for the ground-based strategic nuclear deterrence.[2]
- ^ a b c Khan, Feroz (7 November 2012). Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb. Stanford, CA, USA: Stanford University Press. p. 500. ISBN 978-0-8047-8480-1. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ Mujadid, Ghulam. "The Next Decade of Nuclear Unlearning: Command and Control and Management of Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons". www.nps.edu. Naval Post Graduate School. Retrieved 29 October 2023.