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The United States military's Air Force Satellite Communications (AFSATCOM) is a network of ground and space systems to allow rapid dissemination of communications to a worldwide audience. AFSATCOM's creation was during the height of the
The United States military's Air Force Satellite Communications (AFSATCOM) is a network of ground and space systems to allow rapid dissemination of communications to a worldwide audience. AFSATCOM's creation was during the height of the Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
to guarantee that Emergency Action Messages would be received by Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...
nuclear forces.
Operations
AFSATCOM operations used leased transponders off United States NavyFleet Satellite Communications
FLTSATCOM (also FLTSAT) is a satellite communication system of the U.S. Space Force which was used for UHF radio communications between ships, submarines, airplanes and ground stations of the Navy.
Most of the transponders on these satellites ...
(FLTSATCOM) satellites for EAM transmission.
See also
*Strategic Automated Command and Control System
The Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) is a United States Strategic Command command and control system to coordinate the operational functions of United States nuclear forces (ICBMs, nuclear bombers, and SLBMs).
Background
T ...
(SACCS)
* Post Attack Command and Control System (PACCS)
*Airborne Launch Control System
The Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) provides a survivable launch capability for the United States Air Force's LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force. The ALCS is operated by airborne missileers from Air Force G ...
(ALCS)
* Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN)
* Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)
* Survivable Low Frequency Communications System (SLFCS)
*Primary Alerting System
The Primary Alerting System (PAS), was a network of land-line connections used by the Strategic Air Command ( SAC) for command and control of its nuclear forces. PAS provided immediate and simultaneous voice communications to all ( SAC) unit com ...
(PAS)
*Strategic Air Command Digital Information Network The Strategic Air Command DIgital Network (SACDIN) was a United States military computer network that provided computerized record communications, replacing the Data Transmission Subsystem and part of the Data Display Subsystem of the SAC Automated ...
(SACDIN)
References
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