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ACRONYMS
ABM
Antiballistic missile
AoR
Area of Responsibility (of a U.S. Joint Command)
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APOD
Aerial port debarkation
ARF
ASEAN Regional Forum
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AWACS
Airborne warning and control system
BARCAP
BJP
Barrier CAP
Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian political party,
literally “People’s Party of India”)
C2
Command and control
C3
Command, control, and communications
C4ISR
CAP
CENTO
Command, control, communications, computers,
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
Combat air patrol
Central Treaty Organization
CNP
Comprehensive national power
COB
Collocated operating base
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COMINT
CPP
CSCAP
CSIS
CTBT
DCINC
Communications intelligence
Communist Party of the Philippines
Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia
Pacific
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Deputy commander-in-chief
DMZ
Demilitarized zone (between North and South
Korea)
DPP
Democratic Progressive Party (ROC political
party)
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone (200-mile zone
extending outward from a country’s coast)
ELINT
EU
FFB
FMCT
Electronic intelligence
European Union
Federal Financing Bank
Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty
FMS
Foreign Military Sales (U.S. program)
FOL
Forward Operating Location (USAF)
FSL
Forward support location
GAM
Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (Acehnese separatist
movement, Indonesia)
GCC
Ground Component Command
GDP
Gross domestic product
GNP
Gross national product
HNS
Host-nation support
Acronyms
ICBM
Intercontinental ballistic missile
IMET
International military education and training
(U.S. program)
ISR
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
JDA
Japan (Self-)Defense Agency
JSF
Joint Strike Force
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KMT
Kuomintang
LAC
Line of Actual Control (de facto border between
India and China)
LOA
Letter of offer and acceptance
MASINT
Measurement and signature intelligence
MFA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (PRC)
MILF
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Philippines)
MND
Ministry of National Defense (ROK)
MNLF
MOB
MOOTW
Moro National Liberation Front (Philippines)
Main operating base
Military operations other than war
MOU
Memorandum of understanding
MRC
Major regional contingency
MTCR
Missile Technology Control Regime
MTW
Major theater war (U.S. defense-planning
scenario)
NEFA
Northeast Frontier Agency
NEO
NMD
Noncombatant evacuation operation
National missile defense
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NPT
[Nuclear] Non-Proliferation Treaty
NTW
[U.S.] Navy Theater Wide (ballistic missile defense
program)
OPCON
Operational control
PACOM
U.S. Pacific Command
PAS
Islamic Party of Malaysia
PfP
Partnership for Peace
PKO
Peacekeeping operations
PLA
People’s Liberation Army (PRC)
PRC
People’s Republic of China
PULO
Pattani United Liberation Organization
(Thailand)
RMB
Renminbi (PRC currency)
ROC
Republic of China (Taiwan)
ROCAF
Republic of China Air Force
ROK
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
RTC
Resolution Trust Corporation (U.S.)
SIGINT
SLOC
Signals intelligence
Sea line of communication
SOE
State-owned enterprise (PRC)
SOF
Special operations forces
SRBM
Short-range ballistic missile
SSB
Small smart bomb
SSM
Surface-to-surface missile
TMD
Theater missile defense
Acronyms
UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle
UCP
Unified Command Plan
UMNO
USAF
USCENTCOM
USFK
USPACOM
VFA
WMD
WTO
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United Malays National Organization
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Central Command
U.S. Forces Korea
U.S. Pacific Command
Visiting forces agreement (between the United
States and a nation hosting U.S. military forces)
Weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical,
or biological weapons)
World Trade Organization