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'''Nuclear command and control''' (NC2) is the [[command and control]] of [[nuclear weapon]]s. The U. S. military's ''Nuclear Matters Handbook 2015'' defined it as the "activities, processes, and procedures performed by appropriate military commanders and support personnel that, through the [[command hierarchy|chain of command]], allow for senior-level decisions on nuclear weapons employment."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm/NMHB2015/chapters/chapter_6.htm |title=Nuclear Matters Handbook 2015: Chapter 6 |access-date=2016-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510005748/http://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm/NMHB2015/chapters/chapter_6.htm |archive-date=2016-05-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The current ''Nuclear Matters Handbook 2020 [[Revised]]'' defines it as "the exercise of authority and direction, through established command lines, over nuclear weapon operations by the President as the chief executive and head of state."<ref name="Handbook 2">{{cite book |title=Nuclear Matters Handbook 2020 [Revised] |date=2020 |publisher=Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters|chapter=Chapter 2: Nuclear Weapons Employment Policy, Planning and NC3 |url=https://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm//NMHB2020rev/chapters/chapter2.html |access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref>

==United States==