---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptI/ch24"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 24"
heading: "Nuclear Posture"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptI-ch24"
sections_count: 16
---

# Chapter 24 — Nuclear Posture

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part I — Organization and General Military Powers

## Sections

- [§491. Nuclear weapons employment strategy of the United States: reports on modification of strategy](/usc/10/491.md)
- [§492. Biennial assessment and report on the delivery platforms for nuclear weapons and the nuclear command and control system](/usc/10/492.md)
- [§492a. Biennial report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system](/usc/10/492a.md)
- [§492b. Biannual briefing on nuclear weapons and related activities](/usc/10/492b.md)
- [§493. Reports to Congress on the modification of the force structure for the strategic nuclear weapons delivery systems of the United States](/usc/10/493.md)
- [§493a. Industrial base monitoring for B–21 and Sentinel programs](/usc/10/493a.md)
- [§494. Nuclear force reductions](/usc/10/494.md)
- [§495. Strategic delivery systems](/usc/10/495.md)
- [§496. Consideration of expansion of nuclear forces of other countries](/usc/10/496.md)
- [§497. Notification required for reduction, consolidation, or withdrawal of nuclear forces based in Europe](/usc/10/497.md)
- [§497a. Notification required for reduction or consolidation of dual-capable aircraft based in Europe](/usc/10/497a.md)
- [§498. Unilateral change in nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States](/usc/10/498.md)
- [§499. Annual assessment of cyber resiliency of nuclear command and control system](/usc/10/499.md)
- [§499a. Collection, storage, and sharing of data relating to nuclear security enterprise and nuclear forces](/usc/10/499a.md)
- [§499b. Participation in United States Strategic Command strategic deterrence exercises](/usc/10/499b.md)
- [§499c. Portfolio management framework for nuclear forces](/usc/10/499c.md)