| 3-D |
three dimensional |
|
| A |
atomic weight |
| ABM |
anti-ballistic missile |
| ADM |
atomic demolition munitions |
| AEA |
Atomic Energy Act |
| AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission |
| AF/A10 |
United States Air Force Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Office |
| AFB |
air force base |
| Alt |
Alteration |
| ANFO |
ammonium nitrate and fuel oil |
| ANMCC |
Alternate National Military Command Center |
| AO |
action officer |
| APS |
active protection system |
| AR |
Active Ready |
| AS |
active stockpile |
| ASC |
Advanced Simulation and Computing |
| ASD(NCB) |
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ATSD(AE) |
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy |
|
| BEEF |
Big Explosives Experimental Facility |
|
| C |
Confidential |
| C2 |
command and control |
| C3 |
command, control, and communications |
| C3I |
command, control, communications, and intelligence |
| C4I |
command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence |
| CAC |
Compartmented Advisory Committee |
| CANWFZ |
Central Asian Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone |
| CAPE |
Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation |
| CARC |
Chairman’s Annual Report to Congress |
| CBR |
chemical, biological, and radiological |
| CBRN |
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear |
| CCD |
coded control device |
| CDRUSSTRATCOM |
Commander, United States Strategic Command |
| CDS |
command disablement system |
| CEP |
circular error probable |
| CER |
Complete Engineering Release |
| cGy |
centi-gray |
| CJCS |
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| CME |
component and material evaluation |
| CNT |
countering nuclear threats |
| CNWDI |
Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information |
| Co |
Cobalt |
| CoP |
Committee of Principals |
| CR |
continuing resolution |
| CTBT |
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty |
| CTBTO |
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization |
| CTR |
cooperative threat reduction |
|
| DAF |
device assembly facility |
| DARHT |
dual axis radiographic hydrodynamic test |
| DASA |
Defense Atomic Support Agency |
| DASD(NCB/NM) |
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters |
| DCA |
dual-capable aircraft |
| DE |
damage expectancy |
| DGZ |
desired ground zero |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DNA |
Defense Nuclear Agency |
| DNDO |
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office |
| DNI |
Director of National Intelligence |
| DNS |
defense nuclear security |
| DoD |
Department of Defense |
| DoDD |
Department of Defense Directive |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DOS |
Department of State |
| DP |
Defense Programs |
| DPG |
Defense Planning Guidance |
| DPPG |
Defense Planning and Programming Guidance |
| DRAAG |
Design Review and Acceptance Group |
| DRB |
Defense Resources Board |
| DSW |
Directed Stockpile Work |
| D-test |
destructive test |
| DTRA |
Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
| DUSD(A&T) |
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology |
| DUU |
deliberate unauthorized use |
|
| EAM |
emergency action message |
| EIVR |
Exchange of Information by Visit and Report |
| EMP |
electromagnetic pulse |
| EMR |
electromagnetic radiation |
| ENDS |
enhanced nuclear detonation safety |
| EO |
Executive Order |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERDA |
Energy Research and Development Agency |
|
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FBR |
fast burst reactor |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FIRP |
Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program |
| FMCT |
Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FOUO |
For Official Use Only |
| FPU |
first production unit |
| FRD |
Formerly Restricted Data |
| FRP |
fire-resistant pit |
| FWDR |
Final Weapon Development Report |
| FY |
fiscal year |
| FYDP |
Future-Years Defense Program |
| FYNSP |
Future-Years Nuclear Security Program |
|
| GA |
gun assembly |
| GICNT |
Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism |
| GLBM |
ground-launched ballistic missile |
| GLCM |
ground-launched cruise missile |
| GOC |
Global Operations Center |
| GOCO |
government owned, contractor operated |
| GZ |
ground zero |
|
| H-2 |
deuterium |
| H-3 |
tritium |
| HE |
high explosive |
| He-4 |
helium |
| HEAF |
High Explosives Application Facility |
| HEDP |
high energy density physics |
| HEMP |
high-altitude electromagnetic pulse |
| HERMES |
high-energy radiation megavolt electron source |
| HEU |
highly enriched uranium |
| HEUMF |
Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility |
| HLG |
High Level Group |
| HOB |
height of burst |
| HRP |
human reliability program |
|
| IA |
implosion assembly |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IC |
intelligence community |
| ICBM |
intercontinental ballistic missile |
| ICD |
Interface Control Document |
| ICF |
inertial confinement fusion |
| IFI |
in-flight-insertion |
| IHE |
insensitive high explosive |
| I-JTA |
instrumented joint test assembly |
| IND |
improvised nuclear device |
| INEL |
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory |
| INF |
intermediate-range nuclear forces |
| INL |
Idaho National Laboratory |
| IOC |
initial operational capability |
| IS |
inactive stockpile |
| ITW/AA |
Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment |
|
| JAC |
Joint Advisory Committee |
| JAIEG |
Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group |
| JASPER |
Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research |
| JCIDS |
Joint Capability Integration and Development System |
| JIPP |
Joint Integrated Project Plan |
| JNWPS |
Joint Nuclear Weapons Publications System |
| JOWOG |
Joint Working Group |
| JROC |
Joint Requirements Oversight Council |
| JS |
Joint Staff |
| JS/J3 |
Joint Staff Director for Operations |
| JS/J5 |
Joint Staff Plans and Policy Directorate |
| JSR |
Joint Surety Report |
| JTA |
joint test assembly |
| JTSMG |
Joint Theater Surety Management Group |
|
| KCP |
Kansas City Plant |
| KCRIMS |
Kansas City Responsive Infrastructure Manufacturing and Sourcing |
| keV |
kiloelectron-volt |
| kg |
kilogram |
| kt |
kiloton |
|
| LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LANSCE |
Los Alamos Neutron Science Center |
| LBTS |
Large Blast/Thermal Simulator |
| LEP |
life extension program |
| LEU |
low enriched uranium |
| LINAC |
linear accelerator |
| LLC |
limited life component |
| LLCE |
limited life component exchange |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| LPO |
lead project officer |
| LRPA |
Long Range Planning Assessment |
| LTBT |
Limited Test Ban Treaty |
|
| MAD |
mutual assured destruction |
| MAR |
Major Assembly Release |
| MBS |
Modulus Bremsstrahlung Source |
| MC |
military characteristic |
| MCCC |
Mobile Consolidated Command Center |
| MCCS |
multiple-coded control switch |
| MDA |
mutual defense agreement |
| MFD |
military first destination |
| MG |
Mighty Guardian |
| MILCON |
Military Construction |
| MILPERS |
Military Personnel |
| MIR |
major impact report |
| MIRV |
multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle |
| MK |
mark |
| MLC |
Military Liaison Committee |
| MMIII |
Minuteman III |
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| Mod |
modification |
| MOU |
memorandum of understanding |
| MPC&A |
Material Protection, Control, and Accounting |
| MT |
megaton |
|
| NACLC |
national agency check with local agency and credit check |
| NAOC |
National Airborne Operations Center |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NC2 |
nuclear command and control |
| NC3 |
nuclear command, control, and communications |
| NCCS |
nuclear command and control system |
| NCTIR |
nuclear counterterrorism incident response |
| NDAA |
National Defense Authorization Act |
| NDB |
nuclear depth bomb |
| NEWS |
nuclear explosive and weapons surety |
| NIF |
National Ignition Facility |
| NIMS |
National Incident Management System |
| NISC |
Nonproliferation and International Security Center |
| NLCC |
National Leadership Command Capability |
| NMCC |
National Military Command Center |
| NMCS |
National Military Command System |
| NMSEP |
New Material and Stockpile Evaluation Program |
| NNAP |
Non-Nuclear Assurance Program |
| NNSA |
National Nuclear Security Administration |
| NNSS |
Nevada National Security Site |
| NORAD |
North American Aerospace Defense Command |
| NPG |
Nuclear Planning Group |
| NPR |
Nuclear Posture Review |
| NPT |
Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty) |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRF |
National Response Framework |
| NSA |
National Security Agency |
| NSE |
Nuclear Security Enterprise |
| NSPD |
National Security Presidential Directive |
| NSS |
Nuclear Command and Control System Support Staff |
| NSS |
National Security Staff |
| NTD |
nuclear threat device |
| NTM |
national technical means |
| NTNF |
national technical nuclear forensics |
| NTS |
Nevada Test Site |
| NWAIRS |
Nuclear Weapons Accident Incident Response Subcommittee |
| NWC |
Nuclear Weapons Council |
| NWCSC |
Nuclear Weapons Council Standing Committee |
| NWCSSC |
Nuclear Weapons Council Standing and Safety Committee |
| NWCWSC |
Nuclear Weapons Council Weapons Safety Committee |
| NWD |
nuclear weapon data |
| NWDA |
Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization |
| NWPS |
nuclear weapons physical security |
| NWPSS |
Nuclear Weapons Physical Security Subcommittee |
| NWRWG |
Nuclear Weapons Requirements Working Group |
| NWSM |
Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum |
| NWSP |
Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Plan |
| NWSS |
nuclear weapon security standard |
| NWSSG |
Nuclear Weapon System Safety Group |
|
| O&M |
operations and maintenance |
| OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
| OCA |
original classification authority |
| ODNI |
Office of the Director for National Intelligence |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OSD |
Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| OUO |
Official Use Only |
|
| PA |
probability of arrival |
| PAL |
permissive action link |
| PAP |
Personnel Assurance Program |
| PBD |
program budget decision |
| PCP |
product change proposal |
| PD |
probability of damage |
| PDD |
Presidential Decision Directive |
| PDM |
program decision memoranda |
| PLS |
pre-launch survivability |
| PNET |
Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty |
| PNI |
Presidential Nuclear Initiative |
| POC |
Program of Cooperation |
| POG |
Project Officers Group |
| POM |
Program Objective Memorandum |
| PPBE |
Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution |
| PPBS |
Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System |
| PPD |
Presidential Policy Directive |
| PPE |
personal protective equipment |
| PPI |
process prove-in |
| PRC |
People’s Republic of China |
| PRP |
personnel reliability program |
| PRS |
Plasma Radiation Source |
| PSAP |
Personnel Security Assurance Program |
| PSE |
Physical Security Equipment |
| psi |
pound per square inch |
| PTP |
probability to penetrate |
| Pu |
plutonium |
| PWDR |
Preliminary Weapon Development Report |
| PX |
Pantex Plant |
|
| QA |
quality assurance |
| QART |
quality assurance and reliability testing |
| QDR |
Quadrennial Defense Review |
|
| RB |
re-entry body |
| RD |
Restricted Data |
| RD |
radius of damage |
| RDD |
radiological dispersal device |
| RDT&E |
research, development, test, and evaluation |
| REBA |
Relativistic Electron Beam Accelerator |
| RED |
radiological exposure device |
| RMD |
Resource Management Decision |
| ROSA |
Report on Stockpile Assessments |
| RPD |
Requirements and Planning Document |
| RS |
readiness state |
| RTBF |
Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities |
| RV |
re-entry vehicle |
|
| S |
Secret |
| SALT |
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
| SASC |
Senate Armed Services Committee |
| SCN |
Shipbuilding and Conversion |
| SCT |
Stockpile Confidence Test |
| SD |
Statutory Determination |
| SEP |
Stockpile Evaluation Program |
| SFI |
significant finding investigation |
| SFT |
stockpile flight test |
| SG |
study group |
| SHAPE |
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
| SLBM |
submarine-launched ballistic missile |
| SLCM |
sea-launched cruise missile |
| SLT |
stockpile laboratory test |
| SNL |
Sandia National Laboratories |
| SNM |
special nuclear material |
| SORT |
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty |
| SREMP |
source-region electromagnetic pulse |
| SRS |
Savannah River Site |
| SSBI |
single scope background investigation |
| SSBN |
ship, submersible, ballistic, nuclear (ballistic missile submarine) |
| SSP |
Stockpile Stewardship Plan |
| SSP |
Strategic Systems Programs |
| STA |
Secure Transportation Asset |
| START |
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty |
| STP |
Surveillance Transformation Project |
| STS |
stockpile-to-target sequence |
|
| TACAMO |
take charge and move out |
| TCC |
Transformation Coordinating Committee |
| TNF |
technical nuclear forensics |
| TNT |
trinitrotoluene |
| TP |
Technical Publication |
| TREE |
transient radiation effects on electronics |
| TRS |
thermal radiation source |
| TS |
Top Secret |
| TSSG |
trajectory-sensing signal generator |
| TTBT |
Threshold Test Ban Treaty |
|
| U |
Unclassified |
| U |
uranium |
| U.S. |
United States |
| UCNI |
Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information |
| UF6 |
uranium hexafluoride |
| UVF |
Ultra High Frequency |
| UGT |
underground nuclear testing |
| UPF |
Uranium Processing Facility |
| UQS |
unique signal |
| USANCA |
U.S. Army Nuclear and Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Agency |
| USD(AT&L) |
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics |
| USD(C) |
Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller |
| USD(I) |
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence |
| USD(P) |
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
| USEUCOM |
United States European Command |
| USSOCOM |
United States Special Operations Command |
| USSTRATCOM |
United States Strategic Command |
|
| VCJCS |
vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| VHF |
Very High Frequency |
|
| WDCR |
Weapon Design and Cost Report |
| WDD |
Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition |
| WMD |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| WR |
war reserve |
| WS3 |
weapon storage and security system (United States) weapon security and survivability system (NATO) |
| WSR |
weapon system reliability |
| WSV |
weapon storage vault |
