About Strategic Forces Command 

• The Strategic Forces Command (SFC), sometimes called Strategic Nuclear Command, forms part of India’s Nuclear Command Authority (NCA). 
  • The Nuclear Command Authority comprises a Political Council and an Executive Council. The Political Council is chaired by the Prime Minister. It is the sole body which can authorize the use of nuclear weapons.
  • The Executive Council is chaired by the National Security Advisor. It provides inputs for decision making by the Nuclear Command Authority and executes the directives given to it by the Political Council.
• It is responsible for the management and administration of the country’s tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile. 
• It was created in 2003.
• It is responsible for the management and administration of the country’s tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile.

Why in News?

• Strategic Forces Command (SFC), along with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), conducted the successful flight-test of New Generation Ballistic Missile Agni-Prime from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
• The test met all the trial objectives validating its reliable performance, as confirmed from the data captured by a number of range sensors deployed at different locations, including two downrange ships placed at the terminal point. 

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2017114