List of Abbreviations
- A, airgram; Army
- AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
- AEW, Aircraft early warning; airborne electronic warfare
- AF, Air Force
- ASM, air-to-surface missile
- BOMARC, Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Test Center missile; U.S. Air Force surface-to-air delta winged area defense missile
- CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
- CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
- CINCONAD, Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command
- CONAD, Continental Air Defense Command
- CW, chemical warfare; chemical warhead
- DEW, distant early warning
- DOD, Department of Defense
- ECM, electronic countermeasures
- EDC, European Defense Community
- ELINT, electronic intelligence
- EUR/RPM, Office of Regional Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FCDA, Federal Civil Defense Administration
- FY, fiscal year
- GNP, gross national product
- IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
- ICA, International Cooperation Administration
- ICBM, inter-continental ballistic missile
- ICIS, Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security
- IIC, Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference
- INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IOC, initial operation capability
- IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
- ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- KT, kilotons (upper case = yield)
- MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
- MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
- N, Navy; nuclear-powered ship
- NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NESC, Net Evaluation Subcommittee
- NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
- n.m., nautical mile
- NOA, new obligational authority
- NSC, National Security Council; NATO Supply Center
- NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive
- OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
- ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
- OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- PB, Planning Board (National Security Council)
- PCG, Planning Coordination Group, Operations Coordinating Board
- PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
- R and D, research and development
- RCA, Radio Corporation of America
- ROK, Republic of Korea
- S, Office of the Secretary of State
- S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
- S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- SAC, Strategic Air Command
- SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
- SAGE, semi-automatic ground environment system
- SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
- SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
- SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
- SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
- SUSAC, Soviet Union Strategic Air Command
- TCP, Technological Capabilities Panel
- USA, United States of America; United States Army
- USAF, United States Air Force
- USMC, United States Marine Corps
- USN, United States Navy
- USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics