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Proliferation: Threat and Response 1997

A Report by the Secretary of Defense
Second Edition

William S. Cohen

U.S. Government Publications

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