Army Strategic Forces Command (Pakistan)
The Army Strategic Forces Command, (reporting name: ASFC), is an important and major combatant command of Pakistan Army, tasked with deployment of land-based space weapons and associated systems. Its comparable command includes the PAF's missile command and the Navy's strategic command, all commands formed the unified command and control mechanism under the directorship and leadership of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Significantly, it is a newer component of administrative corps of Pakistan Army, it is tasked to commands all of Pakistan's land-based strategic forces as well as gaining control of the land-based space operations (such as military satellites), information operations (such as information warfare), missile defense, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR), and strategic deterrence and combating weapons of mass destruction.
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