Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China/Appendix 3
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APSCO | Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization |
AAM | Air To Air Missiles |
AAV | Amphibious Assault Vehicle |
ADIZ | Air Defense Identification Zone |
ASF | Aerospace Force |
AEW&C | Airborne Early Warning & Control |
AGI | Intelligence Collection Ships |
AGOS | Ocean Surveillance Ships |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
ALBM | Air-Launched Ballistic Missile |
AOE | Fast Combat Support Ship |
AOR | Fleet Replenishment Oilers |
APOSOS | Asia-Pacific Ground-Based Optical Space Object Observation System |
APSD | Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue |
ASAT | Anti-Satellite Weapon |
ASBM | Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile |
ASCM | Anti-Ship Cruise Missile |
ASEAN | Association Of Southeast Asian Nations |
ASW | Anti-Submarine Warfare |
AUKUS | Australia, The United Kingdom, And the U.S. |
AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
AVIC | Aviation Industry Corporation of China |
BACC | Beijing Aerospace Control Center |
BMD | Ballistic Missile Defense |
BMEW | Ballistic Missile Early Warning |
BRI | Belt And Road Initiative |
BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China, And South Africa |
BWC | Biological Weapons Convention |
C2 | Command And Control |
C4ISR | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, And Reconnaissance |
CALT | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
CBM | Confidence-Building Measures |
CBW | Chemical And Biological Weapons |
CCDI | Central Commission for Discipline Inspection |
CCG | Chinese Coast Guard |
CCMCFD | Central Commission for Military Civilian Fusion Development |
CCP | Chinese Communist Party |
CCWG | Crisis Communications Working Group |
CDO | Cognitive Domain Operations |
CELAC | Community Of Latin American and Caribbean States |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
CG | Coast Guard |
CLTC | China Launch and Tracking Control |
CMC | Central Military Commission |
CMM | Chinese Maritime Militia (See PAFMM) |
CMPR | China Military Power Report |
CNSA | China National Space Administration |
CNSC | Central National Security Commission |
COMAC | Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China |
CONUS | Continental United States |
COSCO | China Ocean Shipping Company |
COVID | Coronavirus |
CPTPP | Comprehensive And Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership |
CSF | Cyberspace Force |
CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention |
DASD | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense |
DDG | Guided-Missile Destroyer |
DME | Disaster Management Exchange |
DOB | Date Of Birth |
DPAA | Defense Pow/Mia Accounting Agency |
DPCT | Defense Policy Coordination Talks |
DSR | Digital Silk Road |
DTL | Defense Telephone Link |
ECS | East China Sea |
EDT | Emerging Disruptive Technologies |
EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
EO | Electro-Optical |
EPR | Emergency Petroleum Reserve |
EW | Electronic Warfare |
FFG | Guided-Missile Frigate |
FFL | Corvette |
FIC | First Island Chain |
FOB | Fractional Orbital Bombardment |
FOC | Full Operational Capability |
FYP | Five Year Plan |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GEO | Geosynchronous Earth Orbit |
GLCM | Ground-Launched Cruise Missile |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GSD | General Staff Department |
GSR | Green Silk Road |
HEU | Highly Enriched Uranium |
HGV | Hypersonic Glide Vehicle |
HQ | Headquarters |
HSR | Health Silk Road |
IADS | Integrated Air Defense System |
ICBM | Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
ICT | Information And Communications Technology |
INDOPACOM | U.S. Indo-Pacific Command |
IO | Information Operations |
IOC | Initial Operational Capability |
IRBM | Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile |
ISR | Intelligence, Surveillance, And Reconnaissance |
JARM | Joint Attack Rocket and Missile System |
JLSB | Joint Logistics Brigades |
JLSC | Joint Logistics Service Center |
JLSF | Joint Logistics Support Force |
JOCC | Joint Operations Command Center |
LAC | Line Of Actual Control |
LACM | Land-Attack Cruise Missile |
LCAC | Landing Craft, Air Cushion |
LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
LHA | Amphibious Assault Ship |
LM | Long March |
LNG | Liquid Natural Gas |
LOW | Launch-On-Warning |
LPD | Amphibious Transport Docks |
LST | Tank Landing Ships |
MCF | Military-Civilian Fusion |
MANPADS | Man-Portable Air Defense System |
MDPW | Multi-Domain Precision Warfare |
MIRV | Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles |
MMCA | Military Maritime Consultative Agreement |
MND | Ministry Of National Defense |
MOU | Memorandum Of Understanding |
MOX | Mixed-Oxide |
MPS | Ministry Of Public Security |
MRBM | Medium-Range Ballistic Missile |
MSP | Managed Service Providers |
MSS | Ministry Of State Security |
MUM-T | Manned Unmanned Teaming |
NDMD | National Defense Mobilization Department |
NDU | National Defense University |
NEO | Noncombatant Evacuation Operations |
NETF | Naval Escort Task Force |
NFU | No First Use |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NORINCO | North Industries Corporation |
NPC | National People's Congress |
NSR | Northern Sea Route |
NUDT | National University of Defense Technology |
NWMA | Non-War Military Activities |
OBOR | One Belt One Road |
OIMC | Office For International Military Cooperation |
OPFOR | Opposing Force |
OTH | Over-The-Horizon |
PAFMM | People's Armed Forces Maritime Militia |
PAP | People's Armed Police |
PBA | Pharmaceutical-Based Agents |
PKO | Peacekeeping Operations |
PLA | People's Liberation Army |
PLAA | People's Liberation Army Army |
PLAAF | People's Liberation Army Air Force |
PLAN | People's Liberation Army Navy |
PLA NDU | People's Liberation Army National Defense University |
PLANMC | People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps |
PLARF | People's Liberation Army Rocket Force |
PME | Professional Military Education |
PNT | Positioning, Navigation, And Timing |
POW | Prisoner Of War |
PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
PRC | People's Republic of China |
PRSS | Pakistan Remote-Sensing Satellite |
RIMPAC | Rim Of the Pacific Exercise |
RORO | Roll-On/Roll-Off Cargo Ships |
SAM | Surface-To-Air Missile |
SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SASTIND | State Administration for Science, Technology, And Industry for National Defense |
SATCOM | Satellite Communications |
SCO | Shanghai Cooperation Organization |
SCS | South China Sea |
SIC | Second Island Chain |
SIGINT | Signals Intelligence |
SLAM-ER | Standoff Land |
SLBM | Sea-Launched Ballistic Missiles |
SLOC | Sea Lines of Communication |
SLV | Space Launch Vehicle |
SMA | Special Mission Aircraft |
SOE | State-Owned Enterprise |
SOF | Special Operations Forces |
SRBM | Short-Range Ballistic Missile |
SRSS | Sudan Remote-Sensing Satellite |
SS | Diesel-Powered Attack Submarine |
SSBN | Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine |
SSD | Space System Department |
SSF | Strategic Support Force |
SSGN | Guided-Missile Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine |
SSN | Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine |
SSP | Air-Independent Powered Attack Submarines |
SSS | Student Small Satellites |
STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics |
TEL | Transporter, Erector, Launcher |
TRA | Taiwan Relations Act |
TT&C | Telemetry, Tracking, And Control |
TTP | Tactics, Techniques, And Procedures |
UAE | United Arab Emirates |
UAS | Uncrewed Aerial Systems |
UAV | Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles |
UCAV | Uncrewed Combat Aerial Vehicle |
UFWD | United Front Work Department |
UN | United Nations |
UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on The Law of The Sea |
USD | U.S. Dollar |
USNS | United States Naval Ship (Non-Commissioned) |
USTR | United States Trade Representative |
VBSS | Visit, Board, Search and Seizure |
VIP | Very Important Person |
VLS | Vertical Launch System |
VRSS | Venezuelan Remote-Sensing Satellite |
VTC | Video Teleconference |
VTOL | Vertical Take-Off and Landing |
XPCC | Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps |
XSCC | Xi'an Satellite Control Center |