Editing Strategic Forces Command (section)

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| unit_name                     = Strategic Forces Command
| image                         = SFC Insignia.png
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| caption                       = [[Insignia]] of the Strategic Forces Command
| start_date                    = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003|01|04}}
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| current_commander             = [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Suraj Berry]]
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The '''Strategic Forces Command''' ('''SFC'''), sometimes called '''Strategic Nuclear Command''', forms part of India's [[Nuclear Command Authority (India)|Nuclear Command Authority]] (NCA). It is responsible for the management and administration of the country's [[Tactical nuclear weapon|tactical]] and [[Strategic nuclear weapon|strategic]] [[nuclear weapon]]s stockpile.<ref name="India all set to set up nuclear forces command">{{cite news|title=India all set to set up nuclear forces command|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-all-set-to-set-up-nuclear-forces-command/articleshow/32896380.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511032234/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-12-30/india/27320878_1_nuclear-command-sfc-strategic-forces-command|url-status=live|archive-date=11 May 2013|access-date=27 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=30 December 2002}}</ref> It was created on 4 January 2003 by the [[13th Lok Sabha|Vajpayee Government]].<ref name="Nuke command set up, button in PM's hand">{{cite news|title=Nuke command set up, button in PM's hand|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nuke-command-set-up-button-in-PMs-hand/articleshow/33382162.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511013323/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-01-04/india/27281139_1_nuclear-command-and-control-nuclear-arsenal-nuclear-retaliation|url-status=live|archive-date=11 May 2013|access-date=27 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 January 2003}}</ref> [[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] Teja Mohan Asthana became its first [[Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command|commander-in-chief]].<ref name="Air Marshal Asthana to head Strategic Forces Command">{{cite news|title=Air Marshal Asthana to head Strategic Forces Command|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Air-Marshal-Asthana-to-head-Strategic-Forces-Command/articleshow/33995158.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511030611/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-01-10/india/27285210_1_nuclear-command-and-control-strategic-forces-command-sfc|url-status=live|archive-date=11 May 2013|access-date=27 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=10 January 2003}}</ref><ref name=zn28j13>{{cite news|title=Indian Army wants sole right over post of Strategic Forces Commander|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/indian-army-wants-sole-right-over-post-of-strategic-forces-commander_865310.html|access-date=30 July 2013|newspaper=Zee News|date=29 July 2013}}</ref>