command and control

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command and control

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  1. uncountable The management and logistics of a military or paramilitary force. "American police simply were not prepared for the challenge that they faced in terms of planning, logistics, training and police command-and-control supervision," said Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a nonprofit that advises departments on management and

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  2. uncountable The management of a polity's economic and political resources by state officials themselves, rather than by more democratic or spontaneous means. command-and-control economy

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@misc{command_and_control_2026,
  title = {command and control},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/command%20and%20control},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}