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ABM

Anti-Ballistic Missile (Treaty)

ACDA

U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

ACV

armored combat vehicle

AFNWFZ

African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

ALBM

air-launched ballistic missile

ALCM

air-launched cruise missile

APC

armored personnel carrier

APL

anti-personnel land mine

ASAT

anti-satellite

ATBM

anti-tactical ballistic missile

ATTU

Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains (CFE Treaty)

BMD

ballistic missile defense

BW

biological warfare/weapons

BWC

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

CD

United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva

CDE

Conference on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures and Disarmament in Europe

CFE

Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (Treaty)

CFE 1A

CFE Treaty Follow-On Agreement

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

COCOM

Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls

CORRTEX

continuous reflectometry for radius versus time experiments

CSBM

confidence- and security-building measure

CSCE/OSCE

Conference on (Organization for) Security and Cooperation in Europe

CTB(T)

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban (Treaty)

C3I

command, control, communications, and intelligence

CW

chemical warfare/weapons

CWC

Chemical Weapons Convention

DMA

dangerous military activities

DPRK

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

DST

Defense and Space Talks

EPCI

enhanced proliferation control initiative

EU/EC

European Union/European Community

FSC

Forum for Security Cooperation

GEMI

global exchange of military information

GLCM

ground-launched cruise missile

GPALS

global protection against limited strikes

GPS

global protection system

G-7

Group of Seven (industrialized nations)

HEU

highly-enriched uranium

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICBM

intercontinental ballistic missile

INF

intermediate-range nuclear forces

JCG

Joint Consultative Group (CFE Treaty)

JCIC

Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (START I Treaty)

JVE

joint verification experiment

KEDO

Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

LEU

low enriched unranium

LRINF

longer-range intermediate nuclear forces

LTB(T)

Limited Test Ban Treaty

LWR

light water-moderated nuclear reactor

MBFR

mutual and balanced force reductions

MCTL

military critical technologies list

MIRV

multiple independently-targetable reentry vehicle

MOU

memorandum of understanding

MTCR

Missile Technology Control Regime

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NMD

national missile defense

NNA

Neutral and Non-Aligned States

NNWS

non-nuclear-weapon state

NPT

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

NRRC

Nuclear Risk Reduction Center

NSG

Nuclear Suppliers Group

NST

Nuclear and Space Talks

NTM

national technical means (of verification)

NTT

Nuclear Testing Talks

NWS

nuclear weapon state

OSI(A)

On-Site Inspection (Agency)

PNE(T)

Peaceful Nuclear Explosion (Treaty)

RV

reentry vehicle

SALT

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

SCC

Standing Consultative Commission (ABM Treaty)

SDI

Strategic Defense Initiative

SEANWFZ

Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

SLBM

submarine-launched ballistic missile

SLCM

sea-launched cruise missile

SLV

space-launch vehicle

SNDV

strategic nuclear delivery vehicle

SNF

short-range nuclear forces

SPNFZ

South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone

SRAM

short-range attack missile

SRINF

shorter-range intermediate nuclear forces (missile)

SSBN

nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine

SSD

safety, security, and dismantlement talks

START

Strategic Arms Reduction Talks

SVC

Special Verification Commission (INF Treaty)

THAAD

theater high-altitude area defense (system)

TLE

treaty-limited equipment

TMD

theater missile defense

TTBT

Threshold Test Ban Treaty

UN

United Nations

UNGA

United Nations General Assembly

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

UNSCOM

United Nations Special Commission (Iraq)

U.S.S.R.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

VD90

Vienna Document 1990

VD92

Vienna Document 1992

VD94

Vienna Document 1994

VEREX

United Nations Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts on BWC Verification

WMD

weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, and biological )

WTO

Warsaw Treaty Organization (Warsaw Pact)