The USSTRATCOM Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (SCC WMD) is a United States Strategic Command center built in cooperation with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
The SCC WMD is housed in the Defense Threat Reduction Center (DTRC), the headquarters building of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) opened January 26, 2006 just outside Washington, D.C.
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