AAI, Authorized Active Inventory
ABM, anti-ballistic missile
ABMIS, Airborne Missile Intercept System
ABRES, Advanced Ballistic Reentry System
ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACS, Assistant Chief of Staff
AD, assured destruction
AD, destroyer tender
AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
AEW&C, Airborne Early Warning and Control
AGC, amphibious flagship
AID, Agency for International Development
AJCC, Alternate Joint Communications Center
AMM, anti-missile missile
AMSA, Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft
ANG, Air National Guard
ANMCC, Alternate National Military Command Center
AOR, fleet oilers
ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
ARNG, Army National Guard
ASD, Assistant Secretary of Defense
ASM, air-to-surface missile
ASROC, anti-submarine surface launched rockets
ASW, anti-submarine warfare
ATS, salvage tug
AWACS, Airborne Warning and Control System

BMD, ballistic missile defense
BMEWS, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
BMS, ballistic missile ship
BNSP, Basic National Security Policy
BOB, Bureau of the Budget
BUIC, back-up interceptor control
BW, biological warfare

C, Confidential
CASP, Country Analysis and Strategy Paper
CB, chemical and biological
CDP, Civil Defense Program
CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
CEP, circular error probable; circular error projection
ChiCom, Chinese Communist
CI, Counterinsurgency
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CINCARIB, Commander in Chief, Caribbean Command
CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East, Southern Asia and Africa, South of the Sahara
CINCNORAD, Commander in Chief, North American Defense Command
CINCONAD, Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command
CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
CINCSO, Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command
CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, STRIKE
CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
COMINT, communications intelligence
CONUS, continental United States
CPR, Chinese People's Republic
CSAF, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
CW, chemical warfare
CY, calendar year

DASH, drone anti-submarine helicopters
DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
DDG, guided missile destroyer
DDR&E, Director, Defense Research and Engineering
DE, destroyer escort
DEPEX, Nike-X Deployment Study
DEW, Defense Early Warning
DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
DICBM, depressed trajectory delivery system,
DL, damage limiting
DLG, conventional frigate
DLGN, nuclear-powered guided missile frigate
DOD, Department of Defense
DOD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
DOD/SA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis
DPM, Draft Presidential Memorandum
DUCC, Deep Underground Command Center
DXGN, nuclear guided missile destroyer

E.O., Executive Order
EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/RPM, Office of Regional Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBM, fleet ballistic missile
FBO, Foreign Buildings Office, Department of State
FDL, Fast Deployment Logistics ships
FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
FFD, Forward Floating Depot
FIAB, (President's) Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
FIDP, Foreign Internal Defense Policy
FMP, force modernization program
FOBS, fractional orbit bombardment system
FOT, follow-on test
FRC, Federal Records Center
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FWMAF, Free World military assistance forces
FY, Fiscal Year

GCD, general and complete disarmament
G/PM, Office of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
GTE, greater than expected

HF, high frequency
HPD, hard point defenses
HUMINT, human resources intelligence

ICBM, inter-continental ballistic missiles
ICIS, Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security
ICM, improved capability missile
IDP, internal defense plan
IIC, Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference
IMI, Improved Manned Interceptor
IOC, initial operating capability
IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
IUS, International Union of Students

JAEIC, Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
JLRSS, Joint Long-Range Strategic Study
JSCP, Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
JSOP, Joint Strategic Objectives Plan
JWGA, Joint War Games Agency

KP, kilopound

LF, low frequency
LFS, landing force support ship
LHA, amphibious assault ship
LOC, line of communication
LRA, long-range aviation
LST, tank landing ship

MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
MAD, airborne magnetic anomaly detection
MAP, Military Assistance Program
MAR, multi-function array radar
MCS, mine countermeasures support ship
MIRV, multiple, independently-targeted re-entry vehicle
M/KP, million per kilo pound
MLF, Multilateral Force
MOBS, multiple orbit bombardment system
MOL, Manned Orbital Laboratory
MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
MRV, multiple re-entry vehicle
MSO, minesweeper ship
MSR, Missile Site Radar
MSS, special minesweeper ship
MSTS, Military Sea Transportation Service
MT, megaton
MTR, missile tracking radar

NAC, North Atlantic Council
NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVCOSSAC, Naval Command System Support Center
NCA, National Command Authorities
NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
NEACP, National Emergency Airborne Command Post
NECPA, National Emergency Command Post Afloat
NESC, Net Evaluation Subcommittee
NFZ, nuclear-free zone
NG, National Guard
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
NIPP, National Intelligence Projections for Planning
n.m., nautical mile
NMCC, National Military Command Center (or Command and Control)
NMCS, National Military Command System
NMLCP, National Mobile Land Command Post
NOA, new obligational authority
NORAD, North American Air Defense
NSA, National Security Agency
NSA, National Student Association
NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
NSC, National Security Council
NU-OPTS, nuclear options

OAD, operational availability date
OAS, Organization of American States
OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
OCD, Office of Civil Defense
ODR, Office of Defense Resources
OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
OEP, Office of Emergency Planning
ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
OT, operational flight tests
OTH, over the horizon (radar)

PAL, permissive action link
PAR, Perimeter Acquisition Radar
PC, patrol craft
PCP, Program Change Proposals
PDP, Project Definition Phase
PFIAB, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
PJDB, Permanent Joint Defense Board
P.L., Public Law
PMG, Political-Military Group
POLAD, Political Adviser
PONAST, Post-Nuclear Attack Study
PRC, People's Republic of China
PSAC, President's Science Advisory Committee

QRA, quantitative risk analysis

R&D, research and development
RD, Restricted Data
RDT&E, research, development, test, and evaluation
RG, Record Group
RISOP, Red Integrated Strategic Operational Plan
RV, re-entry vehicle

S, Secret
SABMIS, sea-based ABM system
SAC, Strategic Air Command
SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
SACSA, Special Assistant to the Director, Joint Staff, for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities
SAGE, semi-automatic ground environment
SAM, surface-to-air missile
SCAD, Subsonic Cruise Armed Decoy
SCI, Sensitive Compartmented Information
SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SecDef, Secretary of Defense
SETD, systems-engineering-technical-direction
SF&ET, Strategic Force and Effectiveness Tables
SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
SIGINT, signals intelligence
SIOP, single integrated operations plan
SLBM, surface-launched ballistic missile
SLCM, surface-launched cruise missiles
SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
SOSUS, sound and surveillance underwater system
S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
SPADATS, space detection and tracking system
S/PC, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
SRAM, short-range attack missile
SSBN, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
SSDSG, Special State-Defense Study Group
SSG, Special Studies Group (JCS)
SSKN, nuclear-powered killer submarines
SSN, nuclear attack submarine
STANAVOR, standing naval force (NATO)
STRAF, U.S. Strategic Army Forces
SUBROC, submarine-launched rockets

TAC, Tactical Air Command
TAF, The Asia Foundation
TAPS, trajectory accuracy prediction system
TDI, Target Data Inventory
TERCOM, terrain matching guidance
TFG, Tentative Force Guidance
TOW, tube-launched optically-tracked wire-guided missile
TS, Top Secret

U, Unclassified
UE, Unit Equipment
UHF, ultra high frequency
UK, United Kingdom
ULMS, Undersea Long-range Missile System
UN, United Nations
USAF, United States Air Force
USAFE, United States Air Forces in Europe
USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, European Command
US/FWMAF, U.S. Free World Military Assistance Forces
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USN, United States Navy
USOIDP, United States Overseas Internal Defense Policy
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

VDS, variable-depth sonar
VHF, very high frequency
VLF, very low frequency
VMO, velocity, maximum operating

WEU, Western European Union
WFDY, World Federation of Democratic Youth