# Does the Air Force or Army control the US ICBMs?

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**Created:** [September 3, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-air-force-or-army-control-the-us-icbms/126770 "2002-09-03T07:09:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-air-force-or-army-control-the-us-icbms/126770/1 "2002-09-03T07:09:20Z")

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Does the Army or Airforce control ICBMs/Silos, or is there some command structure that exists seperate to the AF and Army?

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**Author:** ![Bromley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Bromley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bromley)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-air-force-or-army-control-the-us-icbms/126770/2 "2002-09-03T07:30:34Z")

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[U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command (SAC)](http://www.stratcom.af.mil/aboutus.html), although I’m not 100% sure that they control the Navy.

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**Author:** ![Bromley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Bromley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bromley)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-air-force-or-army-control-the-us-icbms/126770/3 "2002-09-03T07:32:51Z")

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And, perhaphs if I read my own links, that wouldn’t be a problem :rolleyes: :

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> On June 1, 1992, with the Berlin Wall down, the Warsaw Pact a memory and the Soviet Union nonexistent, SAC and the JSTPS also took their place in the history books of the Cold War. That same day, U.S. Strategic Command was established. Its mission of deterrence would sound familiar, but its structure and role would reflect the changing international political landscape. With STRATCOM, for the first time in U. S. history, the planning, targeting and wartime employment of strategic forces came under the control of a single commander while the day-to-day training, equipping and maintenance responsibilities for its forces remained with the services – the Air Force and Navy.