| 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 |
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Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China
