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The '''Post Attack Command and Control System''' ('''PACCS''') was a network of communication sites (both ground and airborne) for use before, during and after a [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear attack]] on the United States. PACCS was designed to ensure that [[National Command Authority]] would retain sole, exclusive, and complete control over US [[nuclear weapon]]s. Among other components, it included [[Strategic Air Command]] assets such as the [[Looking Glass (airplane)|Looking Glass]] aircraft and mission, and various hardened [[command and control]] facilities.<ref name=PACCShistory>[{{cite web |url=http://www.sac-acca.org/paccs.htm |last1=Ogletree, |first1=Greg. "|title=A History of the Post Attack Command and Control System"]{{dead link(PACCS)|date=undated|publisher= |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20120910090836/http://www.sac-acca.org/paccs.htm |archivedate=October 30th 2012|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref>

The belief by the [[Soviet Union]] in the reliability of PACCS was a crucial component of the US [[mutual assured destruction]] doctrine, ensuring a long term [[stalemate]].