STRATCOM advisory group meeting to take place in November

The U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group will hold a classified meeting next month, according to a notice in today's Federal Register.

The purpose of the Nov. 19-20 meeting "is to provide advice on scientific, technical, intelligence, and policy-related issues to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, during the development of the nation's strategic war plans," the notice states.

Topics for discussion, according to the notice, include: "policy issues, space operations, nuclear weapons stockpile assessment, weapons of mass destruction, intelligence operations, cyber operations, global strike, command and control, science and technology, [and] missile defense."