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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 3 december 2005 / Time Line December 3, 2005

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12/03/2005
Pre-emptive nuclear strike's initial operational capability met
JFCC for Space and Global Strike achieves Initial Operational Capability
http://www.stratcom.mil/Releases/SGS.html
Nov.1, 2005
According to STRATCOM documents, Space and Global Strike command is tasked to provide "integrated space and global strike capabilities to deter and dissuade aggressors and when directed, defeat adversaries through decisive joint global effects in support of USSTRATCOM global missions." The new command’s primary effort is to "integrate all USSTRATCOM global capabilities supporting the combatant commanders around the world with the full spectrum of military effects." The term "full spectrum" includes nuclear forces.
Nuclear Brief, December 1, 2005 (updated December 2, 2005)
Global Strike Command Becomes Operational
The Nuclear Information Project. Hans M. Kristensen
http://www.nukestrat.com/us/stratcom/globalstrike.htm
CONPLAN 8022 is “a new strike plan that includes [a] pre-emptive nuclear strike against weapons of mass destruction facilities anywhere in the world,” said Hans Kristensen, a consultant for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Kristensen first published the STRATCOM press release on his Web site, nukestrat.com.
U.S. Command Declares Global Strike Capability
By David Ruppe
Global Security Newswire
http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2005_12_2.html#FB378486

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