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 |
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