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 |