WASHINGTON, November 21. /TASS/. The US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) is ready for the upcoming transition of command of the American armed forces from President Joe Biden to President-elect Donald Trump, Rear Admiral Thomas Buchanan, a senior member of the US Strategic Command, said at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. The activities of this organization are considered undesirable in Russia.

"The [US] [Armed] forces are ready to execute the orders through a normal transition of power that will be held by commanders in the field. US STRATCOM remains ready to work with our newly inducted leaders and those that are assigned to the Defense Department to have civilian control of the military," Buchanan said.

"The nuclear forces is ready on January 19, just like it will be ready on January, 20," he added.

Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the November 5 election. He will be inaugurated on January 20, 2025.