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U.S. Strategic Command
STRATCOM
The U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM or STRATCOM) is a Department of Defense (DOD) functional combatant command (CCMD) whose stated mission is to "conduct operations to deter strategic attack and employ forces, as directed, to guarantee the security of the nation and our allies."
STRATCOM has capabilities that include the U.S. nuclear triad, which consists of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) on ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), and bomber aircraft capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
References
CRS Report - Defense Primer: U.S. Strategic Command
(STRATCOM), Congressional Research Service, CRS IF12981.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12981
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