Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China/Appendix 3

by the United States Department of Defense

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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