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CONUS Continental United States
COSAS Coalition of South American States
COSCO China Ocean-going Ship Company
COSTIND Commission of Science, Technology & Industry for
National
Defense (Red China).
CTF Combined Task Force
CVN, CVX Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier, CVX is the latest
generation
DDG Guided Missile Destroyer
DDH Large helicopter carrying destroyer
DDX Advanced Guided Missiles Destroyer (U.S.)
DNC Democratic National Committee
DOE Department of Energy (U.S.)
Dragon's Fury Chinese operation in March 2006 to ambush the U,S,
7thFleet
E-2C Naval Airborne Early Warning and Command
aircraft called
Hawkeye. (U.S.)
E-3 Air Force warning and command aircraft
called Sentry. (U.S., U.K., Japan)
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Eagle High performance, supersonic fighter aircraft
designated F-
15C. (U.S.)
ELINT Electronic Intelligence
EMCOMM Electronic Emissions and Communications
EMP Electromagnetic Pulse
EMT Emergency Medical Technician
ETO European Theater of Operations
EU European Union
EW Electronic Warfare
F/A-18E Most modern, supersonic, high-performance naval
fighter/attack aircraft called Super Hornet. (U.S.)
F/A-18F Two seat attack/strike/EW version of F/A-18E.
(U.S.)
F-14D Latest upgrade (early 90's) of supersonic, high
performance, long range , 1970's carrier based fighter/bomber called Tomcat
F-15 High performance, supersonic fighter aircraft
called Eagle
F-15E Two-seat strike version of F-15C aircraft
called Strike Eagle
F-16 Highly maneuverable fighter/bomber called
Falcon or Viper
F-22 Advanced, stealthy, high performance fighter,
the Raptor
F-35 New, very advanced, multi-service
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fighter-bomber called the
Joint Strike Fighter. STOL and VTOL. (U.S. and allies)
Falcon Highly maneuverable fighter/bomber, F-16 (U.S.
and allies)
FBC-7 Long range strike aircraft (Red China)
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S.)
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency (U.S.)
Fencer Long Range Strike Aircraft called designated
SU-24 (China.
GIR and India)
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FFG Guided Missiles Frigate
Flanker Advanced Russian fighter/bomber exported and
license built designated SU-30. (Red China, GIR, India)
Foxbat High speed, 1970's vintage Russian export
interceptor designated MIG-25. (North Korea, GIR).
FTP File Transfer Protocol
Fulcrum High performance Russian export and license built
fighter bomber designated MIG-29 (Red China, India, GIR)
GIR Greater Islamic Republic
Global Sentinel High altitude, long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.
(U.S.)
GOA Government Office of Accounting
GPS Global Positioning System
HAIL STORM Advanced, electronic firing cruise missile, AIM-999
(U.S.)
HARM High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
Harrier VTOL or STOL fighter bomber used by U.S.
Marines and U.S.
allies designated AV-8B+ (U.S.)
Hawkeye Naval Airborne Early Warning and Command aircraft
designated E-2C. (U.S., Taiwan, Japan, France)
HELLFIRE Laser guided anti-tank or surface missile (U.S.)
HGP Human Genome Project
HMMWV High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
HR-7 Hyper-velocity, exo-atmosphere reconnaissance
and surveillance aircraft called the Thunder Dart. (U.S.)
HUMRAMM AAW variant of HMMWV carrying ground-launched AMRAAM
missiles. (U.S.)
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ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Nuclear)
IDF Israeli Defense Force, or Indigenous Defense
Fighter (ROC)
IFF Identification Friend or Foe designator
IFV Infantry Fighting Vehicle
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service
J-10 Advanced fighter/interceptor/attack aircraft.
(Red China)
JGI Joint Genome Institute (U.S.)
JH-7 Long range interceptor aircraft (Red China)
JMSDF Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force
JSF Joint Strike Fighter (U.S.)
JSOW Joint Standoff Weapon
JSTAR Battlefield management aircraft using synthetic
aperture radar and advanced processing (U.S.)
KEDS Kinetic Energy Defense System (On board U.S.
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Space Ships)
KFOR Korean Forces
KS-2(+) Advanced surface to air missile, Plus (+)
variety has similar characteristics to Patriot. (Red China)
KS-3 Advanced version of KS-2+ missile, TMD capable
(Red China)
KV Kill Vehicle
Lancer Advanced supersonic, long-range bomber, the B-1B
(U.S.)
LAWS Light Armor Weapon System
LAX Los Angeles International Airport
LCU Landing Craft Utility
LRASD Long Range Anti-Shipping Device
LWS Laser Weapon System (Aboard U.S. Space Ships)
M1117A New generation Armored Security Vehicle (U.S.)
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M1A1 Premier main battle tank called Abrams. (U.S.)
Mach Designation for the speed of sound
MAD Mutually Assured Destruction
Mk-77 SCWS New American Supercavitating Torpedo system
MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System
MEB Marine Expeditionary Brigade (U.S.)
MEU Marine Expeditionary Unit (U.S.)
MFD, MFCD Multi Function Display, Multi Function Color Display
MIG-25 High speed, 1970's vintage, Russian exported
interceptor called Foxbat. (North Korea, GIR).
MIG-29 High performance Russian export and license
built fighter bomber called Fulcrum (Red China, India, GIR)
MOS Military Occupational Specialty
MPSRON Maritime Pre-positioning Ship Squadron (U.S. Navy)
MSWAD Modulating Sonic Acoustical Wave Device
MUAS Miniature Underwater All-aspect Surveillance
Devices
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NAS National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
NASA National Aeronautical and Space Administration
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCA National Command Authority (President of the
United States)
NCO Non-Commissioned Officer in the military
NEW National Endowment for Women
NGO Non-Governmental Organization (Affiliated with
the United
Nations)
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NHGRI National Health Genome Research Institute (U.S.)
NIH National Institute of Health (U.S.)
NORAD North American Air Defense Command (U.S. and
Canada)
NORCOM Northern Command (U.S.)
NRO National Reconnaissance Office (U.S.)
NSA National Security Advisor or Agency (U.S.)
OIC Officer in Charge
OPLAN Operation Plan
Orion Turbo prop ASW, Recon & strike aircraft
designate P-3C (U.S.
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and allies)
P-3C Turbo prop ASW, Recon & strike aircraft called
Orion (U.S.
and allies)
Patriot Missile Land based, long range, anti-aircraft missile system.
PCRM Poly-carbon Reactive Mesh defense for U.S. Space
Ships
PDWE Pulse Detonation Wave Engine
Peacekeeper APC Highly exported APC armed with .50 cal. machine gun. (U.S.)
Pervador Modern high speed, high altitude, reconnaissance
and surveillance aircraft designated SR-77. Replaced the SR-71
Blackbird. (U.S.)
Phoenix Long range air to air missile designated AIM-54
(U.S.)
PKF Patriotic Kurdistan Front
PLA People's Liberation Army (Red China)
PLAN People's Liberation Army Navy
POC Point of Contact
PRC People's Republic of China (Red China)
PTO Pacific Theater of Operations
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RAH-66 Advanced, stealthy recon and attack helicopter
called the
Comanche (U.S.)
RAM Rolling Airframe Missile
Raptor Most advanced, stealthy, high performance air
superiority fighter aircraft designated F-22 (U.S.)
ROC Republic of China (Taiwan)
ROC(AF) (N) Republic of China Air Force or Navy
RORO Roll On Roll Off transport ship
RPG Rocket Propelled Grenade
R&R Rest and relaxation
RTB Return to Base
RV Re-entry Vehicle
SAC Strategic Air Command or Special Agent in
Charge
SAG Surface Action Group
Sea Flanker Naval version of the Russian SU-30 aircraft
designated SU-33.
(Red China, India)
Sea Sparrow Medium range, ship launched, radar guided naval
anti-aircraft missile. (U.S.)
SEAL Sea, Air & Land Special Forces (U.S. Navy)
SECDEF Secretary of Defense (U.S.)
Sentry Air Force warning and command aircraft
designated E-3. (U.S., U.K., Japan)
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