Significant investments were made to protect, or "harden, " America's strategicnuclear forces and its associated command and control systems against the harmful effects of EMP blasts.
Mandated by law, this annual certification of the stockpile is based on the technical evaluations made by the national laboratories and on advice from the three laboratory directors, the Commander of U.S. StrategicCommand, and the Nuclear Weapons Council.
Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) will answer to US StrategicCommand (USSTRATCOM), the military command that oversees US nuclear and space operations, as well as information warfare and global military intelligence.