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- ↑ "Reference at www.stratcom.mil".
- ↑ "U.S. Strategic Command".
- ↑ Quadrennial Defense Review Report (PDF) (Report). Office of the US Secretary of Defense. 6 February 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-10-28 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Reference at www.defense.gov" (PDF).