Regional Ballistic Missile Defense in the Context of Strategic Stability (2021)
Chapter: Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms
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"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 |
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