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Proliferation: Threat and Response 1997
A Report by the Secretary of Defense
Second Edition
November 25, 1997
Glossary
ACADA | Automatic Chemical Agent Detector/Alarm | |
ACTD | Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration | |
ADW | Agent Defeat Weapon | |
AICPS | Advanced Integrated Collective Protective System | |
ALCM | Air Launched Cruise Missile | |
BIDS | Biological Integrated Detection System | |
BM/C3I | Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence | |
BMD | Ballistic Missile Defense | |
BMDO | Ballistic Missile Defense Organization | |
BW | Biological Weapons | |
BWC | Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention | |
C3 | Command, Control, and Communications | |
CAM | Chemical Agent Monitor | |
CB | Chemical/Biological | |
CBDCOM | Chemical and Biological Defense Command | |
CBIRF | Chemical Biological Incident Response Force | |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
CINC | Commander in Chief | |
CJCS | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
COCOM | Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls | |
CPC | Counterproliferation Council | |
CPRC | Counterproliferation Program Review Committee | |
CTBT | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty | |
CTR | Cooperative Threat Reduction | |
CTTS | Counterterror Technical Support | |
CW | Chemical Weapons | |
CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention | |
CWD | Chemical Weapons Destruction | |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | |
DGP | NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation | |
DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency | |
DMZ | Demilitarized Zone | |
DoD | Department of Defense | |
DOE | Department of Energy | |
DSWA | Defense Special Weapons Agency | |
DTSA | Defense Technology Security Administration | |
EPCI | Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative | |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration | |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | |
GAO | General Accounting Office | |
GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council | |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product | |
HDBTDC | Hard and Deeply Buried Target Defeat Capability | |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency | |
ICBM | Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Range: greater than 5,500 kilometers) | |
ICAM | Improved Chemical Agent Monitor | |
ILEA | International Law Enforcement Academy | |
IPDS | Improved Point Detection System | |
IRBM | Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (Range: 3,000 to 5,000 kilometers) | |
JBPDS | Joint Biological Point Detection System | |
JSLIST | Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology | |
JVAP | Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program | |
JWCO | Joint Warfighting Capability Objective | |
km | Kilometer | |
LNBCRS | Lightweight Nuclear Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance System | |
LR]BSDS | Long Range Biological Standoff Detection System | |
MCTL | Militarily Critical Technologies List | |
MEADS | Medium Extended Air Defense System | |
MRBM | Medium Range Ballistic Missile (Range: 1,000 to 3,000 kilometers) | |
MT | Metric Ton | |
MTCR | Missile Technology Control Regime | |
MTOPS | Million Theoretical Operations Per Second | |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | |
NBC | Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical | |
NBC/M | NBC Weapons and Their Means of Delivery | |
NBCRS | NBC Reconnaissance System | |
NDAA | National Defense Authorization Act | |
NIS | New Independent States | |
NMD | National Missile Defense | |
NPT | Nuclear Non]Proliferation Treaty | |
NSG | Nuclear Suppliers Group | |
OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | |
OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense | |
OSIA | On]Site Inspection Agency | |
P3I | Pre]Planned Product Improvement | |
PAC]3 | Patriot Advanced Capability]3 | |
PDD | Presidential Decision Directive | |
PFP | Partnership for Peace | |
QDR | Quadrennial Defense Review | |
R&D | Research and Development | |
RSCAAL | Remote Sensing Chemical Agent Alarm | |
SALAD | Shipboard Automatic Liquid Agent Detector | |
SBIRS | Space Based Infrared System | |
SLBM | Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile | |
SLV | Space Launch Vehicle | |
SRBM | Short Range Ballistic Missile (Range: 1,000 kilometers or less) | |
START | Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty | |
TBM | Theater Ballistic Missile | |
THAAD | Theater High Altitude Area Defense | |
TMD | Theater Missile Defense | |
TSWG | Technical Support Working Group | |
UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | |
UN | United Nations | |
UNSCOM | UN Special Commission on Iraq | |
UNSCR | UN Security Council Resolution | |
USAMRCD | U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command | |
WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |