Naval Strategic Forces Command | |
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Active | 24 June 2004 |
Country | Pakistan |
Branch | Pakistan Navy |
Type | Command and control (C2) |
Role | Strategic deterrence Sea-based Second-strike |
Size | ☓☓ Division (Though, it is vary due to troops rotations based on strategic calculus) |
Headquarters/Garrison | Navy HQ in Islamabad |
Commanders | |
Commander | V-Adm. Abdul Samad |
The Pakistan Navy Strategic Forces Command (reporting name: NSFC), is a strategic and missile formation of the Pakistan Navy.[1] Headquartered in Navy HQ in Islamabad, the strategic command controls sea-based guided and cruise missile system— both conventional and nuclear.[2]
Formation was organized in 2004 based on and influenced from the army's formation in 2002, and is responsible only for sea-based strategic nuclear deterrence, which the Pakistan's government identifies it as "custodian of second-strike capability.[1]
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