The Strategic Plans Division Force ( SPD Force ) is a paramilitary unit responsible for safeguarding Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, including both tactical and strategic nuclear weapons , as well as the security of nuclear facilities where these weapons and materials are produced and stored.
20-423: National Command Authority may refer to: National Command Authority (Pakistan) National Command Authority (United States) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title National Command Authority . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
40-590: A "program manager" of nation's strategic and deterrence program and provides guidance as well development on weapons production at the ministry of defense's national weapons laboratories to maintain the minimum credible deterrence. The leadership appointment of the Strategic Plans Division comes directly from the Army HQ in Rawalpindi . Designated as a Director-General, the general officer
60-520: A Development Control Committee, as well as the Strategic Plans Division (SPD) which acts as its secretariat. The SPD is responsible for the management and administration of the country's tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile. It was created the same year as the NCA was formed. Their directives are to be operationalized by a new SPD under the control of a Director-General at the rank of Lieutenant-General ( Air Marshal or Vice-Admiral ) in charge of
80-664: A Strategic Plans Division (SPD). The Prime Minister— Chief Executive (Head of Government) of the country served as its chairman while other members included the high-profile Ministers of Foreign Affairs , Defense ( Military Production ), Economic , Science , and Interior , the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chiefs of the Pakistani Armed Forces , and the Director-General of the SPD. The DCC includes
100-629: A single vote. The Government of Pakistan felt the need to establish an administrative authority after Pakistan's first publicly announced atomic tests , Chagai-I and Chagai-II , in late May 1998 at the Ras Koh weapon-testing labs in the Chagai Hills range of Chagai District , and the Kharan Desert of Balochistan Province . The roots of such mechanism traced back to the 1970s when Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto authorized
120-584: A unified central command system to use nuclear and missile technology as part of the defence and security of nuclear assets under government control. Finally, the command was formally established and given commissioned on February 3, 2000, after approval by Pakistan's National Security Council . The command compromises the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), the Development Control Committee (DCC), and
140-907: Is a three-star rank who reports directly to chief of army staff. There are four security directorates for each strategic organization and each directorate is led by Brigadier . Initially, the active-duty members of the Pakistan Armed Forces provided the security of the agency but the agency now has started hiring its own personnel. The selection standards in terms of intelligence and physical standards for these candidates are even higher than army due to very sensitive nature of their duty. At start, these recruits were trained at Pakistan Army's training centers but since 2012 SPD has been training these recruits in its own academy known as Pakistan’s Centre of Excellence for Nuclear Security (PCENS) located in Chakri near Rawalpindi. This training facility
160-656: Is chaired by the Prime Minister. In 1994, General Beg retains: " (...).... The NCA determines the state of readiness which has to be maintained at all times... (sic)... and lays down in great detail the policy of how the various components will be placed, protected and safeguarded.". In April 1999, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Chief of Army Staff, General Pervez Musharraf developed
180-667: Is its current director-general. In 1990, the Combat Development Directorate was created by the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi , with Major-General Ziauddin Butt becoming its first director-general. The directorate concerning with nuclear weapons development and delivery mechanism reported directly to army chief or the chief of general staff . The combat development directorate functioned until 1998 with Lieutenant-General Zulfikar Ali Khan its final director when
200-586: Is the authority responsible for safeguarding the national security of Pakistan through command, control and operational decisions regarding Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme . With Prime Minister of Pakistan being its Chairperson, the NCA maintains and enhances the control and operational effectiveness of Pakistan's nuclear weapons stockpile and serves as a policy institute regarding weapons of mass destruction in Pakistan. Established in 2000 along with its paramilitary unit, Strategic Plans Division Force ,
220-490: Is the ex officio secretary of NCA, with SPD functioning as the NCA’s secretariat The NCA consists of the following nine ex officio members : The DG of the NCA's Strategic Plans Division (SPD) is the ex officio Secretary of the NCA and the SPD functions as the NCA's secretariat. Decision making in the NCA takes place through consensus and, in the event that consensus is not achieved, then through voting, with each member having
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#1732771842783240-506: The atomic bomb project to keep the projects safe from being exploited, politicized, or infiltrated by enemy powers attempting to sabotage them. It is alleged by the former Chief of Army Staff , General Mirza Aslam Beg in 1994, that the Command was established in 1972 by former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto when he authorized the atomic bomb project. The Joint Staff Headquarters (JS HQ) served its combatant operational command and
260-639: The NCA was a direct successor to the Air Force Strategic Command which was established by the then- Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim in 1983. The National Command Authority is charged with joint-space operations (such as military satellites ), information operations (such as information warfare ), missile defense , internal and external command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ( C4ISR ), and strategic deterrence , and combating weapons of mass destruction . The National Command Authority oversees
280-606: The NCA's Authority under the Prime Minister’s command. The directives of the NCA are to be operationalised by the: Strategic Plans Division Force Formed as a security branch of the National Command Authority (NCA) in 2000, its leadership appointments directly comes from the Army HQ of the Pakistan Army with agency head serves its Director-General . Lieutenant-General Yusuf Jamal
300-587: The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee (as deputy chairman of DCC), the chiefs of the armed forces, the director general of the SPD, and a "representative of the strategic organization and scientific community (science adviser)". Since the 1970s onward, the National Command Authority is responsible for policy formulation and will exercise employment and development control over all strategic nuclear forces and strategic organizations. It consists of an Employment Control Committee and
320-416: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Command_Authority&oldid=1009823986 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Command Authority (Pakistan) The National Command Authority ( NCA )
340-478: The management and administration of the tactical and strategic nuclear forces. As of 2022, the director-general of the SPD is Yusuf Jamal. Since its establishment, Pervez Musharraf, as President of Pakistan , had served its first chairman. However, after the 2008 General Elections , Pakistani lawmakers introduced a new law which was passed unanimously by the Pakistani Parliament . The bill placed
360-407: The means to respond to those threats as quickly as possible to prevent the collateral damage. The civilian Prime Minister is the Chairman of this Command, with all military assets, components of NCA, and strategic commands directly reporting to Chairman of their course of development and deployment. Chairman Joint Chiefs of staff committee , service chiefs, and DG ISI are members of NCA, and DG SPD
380-541: The operations of the Pakistani Army , Air Force , and Navy 's Strategic Commands, along with their functional basis. The unified military strategic command structure is intended to give the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Pakistan a unified resource for greater understanding of specific threats (military, nuclear, chemical, biological, radiological, conventional, and non-conventional, and intelligence) and
400-538: The strategic planning division was created as a security secretariat of the National Command Authority in 2000. The Strategic Plans Division has its own paramilitary force that is responsible for providing provision of security to country's strategic sites and protecting the nuclear materials. The Strategic Plans Division Force is heavily armed, which is reflective of the anticipated capabilities of an adversary likely to attempt an assault against nuclear material-holding sites. The Strategic Plan Division also serves as
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