| 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 |