Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
XXXIII, SALT II, 1972–1980
Abbreviations and Terms
- ABM, anti-ballistic
missile
- ABRES, Advanced
Ballistic Reentry System
- ACDA, Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency
- ACDA/D, Office of
the Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- ACDA/DD, Office of
the Deputy Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- ACDA/IR, Office of
International Relations, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
- ALCM, air-launched
cruise missile
- ASBM, anti-ship
ballistic missile
- ASM, air-to-surface
missile
- ASROC,
anti-submarine rocket
- ASW, anti-submarine
warfare
- AWACS, airborne
warning and control system
- B–1, supersonic
four-engine variable-sweep wing strategic bomber (U.S. Air Force)
- B–52, all weather,
intercontinental strategic heavy bomber
- BOMARC, Boeing and
University of Michigan Aeronautical Research Center
- CEP, circular error
probable/probability
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CJCS, Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff
- CM, cruise
missile
- CMC, cruise missile
carrier
- CNO, Chief of Naval
Operations
- CONUS, continental
United States
- CPSU, Communist
Party of the Soviet Union
- CSCE, Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe
- CTB, Comprehensive
Test Ban
- D&P, Derazhyna
and Pervomaysk
- DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
- Del, delegate
- Dept,
Department
- DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- Dog House
radars, large phased array radars deployed near Moscow at
Naro-Fominsk that functioned much like the Perimeter Acquisition Radar of
the U.S. Sentinel/Safeguard ABM system.
- DOS, Department of
State
- ECM, electronic
countermeasures
- Exdis, exclusive
distribution
- F–4, supersonic
tandem, two-seat, twin-engine jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber (U.S.
Navy)
- F–111, medium-range
interdictor and tactical strike fighter (U.S. Air Force)
- F–111B, fleet
air-defense, carrier-based fighter carrying long range air-to-air missiles
(U.S. Navy)
- FBS, forward-based
systems
- FEBA, forward edge
of battle area
- FOBS, Fractional
Orbital Bombardment Missile Systems
- FonOff, Foreign
Office
- FRC, Federal Records
Center
- FRG, Federal Republic
of Germany
- FRODS,
functionally-related observable differences
- FY, fiscal year
- FYDP, Five-Year
Defense Program
- FYI, for your
information
- GDR, German
Democratic Republic
- GLBM,
ground-launched ballistic missile
- GLCM,
ground-launched cruise missile
- HAK, Henry A.
Kissinger
- Hakto, series
indicator for messages from Kissinger
- IA, Interim Agreement
(SALT I)
- ICBM,
inter-continental ballistic missile
- ICCM,
inter-continental cruise missile
- INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IOC, initial
operating capability
- IRBM,
intermediate-range ballistic missile
- ISA, Office of
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
- JC, Jimmy
Carter
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- JCSM, Joint Chiefs
of Staff Memorandum
- JDT, Joint Draft
Text
- K, Kissinger
- km, kilometer
- LB, land-based
- Limdis, limited
distribution
- LLCM, land-launched
cruise missile
- LRA, long-range
aviation
- LRTNF, Long-Range
Theater Nuclear Forces
- MAD, mutual assured
destruction
- MAP, Multiple Aim
Point
- MARV, maneuverable
reentry vehicle
- MBFR, Mutual and
Balanced Force Reductions
- memcon, memorandum
of conversation
- MIRV, multiple
independently-targeted reentry vehicle
- MLBM, modern large
ballistic missile
- MM, Minuteman
- MOD, Minister of
Defense
- MOU, memorandum of
understanding
- MPS, multiple
protective structure
- MRBM, multiple-range
ballistic missile
- MRV, multiple reentry
vehicle
- MSOR, maximum system
operational range
- mtg, meeting
- M–X, Missile
Experimental
- NAC, North Atlantic
Council
- NASA, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
- NCA, National Command
Authority
- NIC, National
Intelligence Council
- NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
- nm, nautical
mile
- Nodis, no
distribution
- NPG, Nuclear Planning
Group
- NPT,
Non-Proliferation Treaty
- NSC, National
Security Council
- NSDM, National
Security Decision Memorandum
- NTM, national
technical means
- O&M, Operation
and Maintenance
- OMB, Office of
Management and Budget
- OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
- OST, Office of
Science and Technology
- P, President
- P.L., Public
Law
- para,
paragraph
- PD, Presidential
Directive
- PM, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
- PRC, People’s
Republic of China
- Pres,
President
- R&D, research
and development
- reftel, reference
telegram
- RG, Record
Group
- RN, Richard M.
Nixon
- RPV, remotely-piloted
vehicle
- RV, reentry
vehicle
- S, Office of the
Secretary of State
- SAC, Strategic Air
Command
- SAL, strategic arms
limitation
- SALT, Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks
- SAM, surface-to-air
missile
- SB, sea-based
- SC, Security Council
(United Nations)
- SCAD, subsonic
cruise armed decoy
- SCC, Standing
Consultative Commission; Special Coordination Committee (National Security
Council)
- SecDef, Secretary
of Defense
- SecState,
Secretary of State
- Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while on travel
- septel, separate
telegram
- SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
- SIOP, Single
Integrated Operational Plan
- SLBM,
submarine-launched ballistic missile
- SLCM, sea-launched
cruise missile
- SNDV, strategic
nuclear delivery vehicle
- S/P, Policy Planning
Council or Staff, Department of State
- SRAM, short-range
air-to-surface missile
- SS–9, Soviet ICBM,
the high accuracy of which made it a threat to U.S. ICBMs
- SS–11, Soviet ICBM,
Soviet counterpart to the U.S. Minuteman system in quantity, size, and
purpose, believed effective against only soft targets
- SS–17, Soviet MIRV
ICBM
- SS–18, Soviet MIRV
ICBM with 20 warheads; believed to give the Soviet Union a potential
first-strike capability because of its heavy throw weight
- SS–N–8, Soviet
sea-based ICBM deployed on Soviet Delta-class submarines; carried a single
warhead
- SS–X–16, first
Soviet mobile ICBM; carried a single warhead
- SS–X–18, Soviet
MIRV ICBM with 8 warheads; designed to attack and destroy U.S. ICBMs and
hardened missiles
- SSBN, Ballistic
Nuclear Submarine
- SSN, Nuclear Attack
Submarine
- SST, supersonic
transport
- SU, Soviet
Union
- TEL, transport and
erector launcher
- telcon, telephone
conversation
- TERCOM, Terrain
Contour Matching (navigation system for cruise missiles)
- TNF, Theater Nuclear
Forces
- TOA, total
obligational authority
- Tohak, series
indicator for messages to Kissinger
- Tosec, series
indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while on travel
- TS, Top Secret
- TVA, Tennessee Valley
Authority
- UK, United
Kingdom
- UN, United
Nations
- UNGA, United Nations
General Assembly
- US, United
States
- USDEL, United
States Delegation
- USG, United States
Government
- USSR, Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
- VP, Verification
Panel
- Z, Zulu time (Greenwich
Mean Time)