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Encyclopedia > Nuclear Command Authority

The Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) is the name given to the respective agencies of the Indian and Pakistani governments responsible for deciding on the deployment of each country's nuclear weapons stockpile. The Pakistani agency was created in February 2000, and its Indian counterpart was launched on 2004-01-03. The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...


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