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 attack. PACCS was designed to ensure that National Command Authority would retain sole, exclusive, and complete control over US nuclear weapons. Among other components, it included Strategic Air Command assets such as the LOOKING GLASS aircraft and mission, and various hardened command and control facilities.
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.
Components
Airborne
- EC-135 Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) "Looking Glass"
- E-4B National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP)
- East Auxiliary Command Post (East AUXCP) - (Location?)[1]
- West Auxiliary Command Post (West AUXCP) - (Location?)[2]
- EB-47L[3]
- 4362d Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - Lincoln AFB, Nebraska[4]
- 4363d Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - Lockborne AFB, Ohio[5]
- 4364th Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - Mountain Home AFB, Idaho[6]
- 4365th Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - Plattsburgh AFB, New York[7]
Ground
- Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (8th Air Force Command Post)
- Westover AFB, Massachusetts (Command Post)
- March AFB, California (15th Air Force Command Post)
- Grissom AFB, Indiana
- Offutt AFB, Nebraska (SAC Command Post)
See also
External links
References
- ^ Strategic Air Command Regulation 100-24 Vol III: SAC Communications System Operations/EWO Support Requirements, 6 Jul 1979
- ^ Ibid
- ^ 2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron history
- ^ Lloyd, Alwyn. A Cold War Legacy: A Tribute to Strategic Air Command 1946-1992. ISBN 1-57510-052-5
- ^ Ibid
- ^ Ibid
- ^ Ibid
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