Regional Ballistic Missile Defense in the Context of Strategic Stability (2021)

Chapter: Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences. 2021. Regional Ballistic Missile Defense in the Context of Strategic Stability. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24964.

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Abbreviations and Acronyms

AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
ABM Treaty Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
AFB Air Force Base
ALTBMD Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense
APS American Physical Society
BMD Ballistic Missile Defense
CISAC Committee on International Security and Arms Control
DOD Department of Defense
DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
DSP Defense Support Program
DTC Defense Technology Cooperation
EKS Edinaia Kosmicheskaia Sistema
EOR Engage on Remote
EPAA European Phased Adaptive Approach
FBX radar Forward-Based X-band radar
G8 Group of Eight
GBI Ground-Based Interceptor
GEO Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
GMD Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
HCoC The Hague Code of Conduct
HEO Highly Elliptical Orbit
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
IMEMO Intstitute of World Economics and International Relations
INF Treaty Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
IRBM Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile
ISAB International Security Advisory Board
ISIL Islamic State in Iraq and Levant
JCPOA Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LEO Low-Earth Orbit
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences. 2021. Regional Ballistic Missile Defense in the Context of Strategic Stability. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24964.
LOR Launch on Remote
MDA Missile Defense Agency
MEWS Missile Early Warning System
MIC Military-industrial centers
MRBM Medium-Range Ballistic Missile
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NASIC National Air and Space Intelligence Center
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NNSA U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
NORAD North American Treaty Organization
NORTHCOM U.S. Northern Command
NRC National Research Council
PTSS Precision Tracking Space System
RAMOS Russian-American Observation Satellites
RAS Russian Academy of Sciences
SBIRS Space-Based Infrared System
SBX radar Sea-Based X-Band Radar
SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
SM-3 Standard Missile-3
SNF Strategic Nuclear Forces
SRBM Short-Range Ballistic Missile
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
STSS Space Tracking and Surveillance System
TCBM Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures
TMD Theater Missile Defense
USAF U.S. Air Force
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences. 2021. Regional Ballistic Missile Defense in the Context of Strategic Stability. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24964.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences. 2021. Regional Ballistic Missile Defense in the Context of Strategic Stability. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24964.
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