National Command Authority
nuclear. Also NCA
The body that controls Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and strategic forces, set up in February 2000 and placed on a statutory footing by the National Command Authority Act, 2010. Chaired by the Prime Minister, it has an Employment Control Committee, which sets policy on the use of the arsenal, and a Development Control Committee, which oversees its development, with the Strategic Plans Division as its secretariat.12
Linked from 2 pages across CUPA.
Sources
- Pakistan Establishes Nuclear Control Body. Arms Control Association, 2000-03. Reference
- National Command Authority (Pakistan). Wikipedia. Reference
