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Glossary

AA:
Antiaircraft

AAA:
Antiaircraft artillery

AEW:
Airborne early warning

AH-1F Cobra:
US
attack helicopter.

AH-64D Apache:
US attack helicopter.

AIM-9X Sidewinder:
US infrared-guided air-to-air missile.

AKM:
Russian Kalashnikov modernized automatic rifle.

APC:
Armored personnel carrier

ASAP:
As soon as possible

AT-3 Sagger:
Soviet first generation anti-tank guide missile.

AT-4 Spigot:
Soviet second generation anti-tank guided missile.

ATGM:
Anti-tank guided missile

BM-11:
North Korean rocket launcher based on the BM-21.

BM-21:
Soviet 122mm rocket launcher.

BM-24:
Soviet 240mm rocket launcher.

BM-25:
aka Musudan, a North Korean intermediate range ballistic missile.

BTR-60:
Soviet 1960s era eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier.

BVS-1:
US Navy submarine optronic mast, replaces an optical periscope.

C-130:
US transport aircraft.

CCP:
Chinese Communist Party

CEP:
Circular error probable, basic measure of a weapon’s accuracy.

CFC:
Combined Forces Command

CFK:
Christian Friends of Korea

Chonma-ho:
North Korean main battle tank based on the Soviet T-62.

CIA:
Central Intelligence Agency

CIC:
Combat information center

CMC:
Central Military Commission

CNN:
Cable News Network

CNO:
Chief of Naval Operations

CO:
Commanding officer

CP:
Command post

CT:
Cryptologic technician

CTML:
Conventional twelve-mile limit

DF-5:
Chinese Dong-Feng (East Wind) 5 intercontinental ballistic missile.

DGPS
: Differential global positioning system

DMZ:
Demilitarized Zone

DPI:
Designated point of impact

DPRK:
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

E-3C Sentry:
US Air Force airborne early warning and control aircraft.

E-8C JSTARS:
US Air Force ground surveillance, command and control aircraft. JSTARS stands for joint surveillance target attack radar.

EO:
Electro-optical

EMCON:
Emission control

ESM:
Electronic support measures

ETA:
Estimated time of arrival

F-16 Falcon:
US fighter-bomber.

F-22 Raptor:
US stealth fighter.

FBI:
Federal Bureau of Investigation

FLASH:
Flame assault shoulder weapon

FLIR:
Forward looking infrared

FUBAR:
Fouled up beyond all recognition (polite definition)

G2:
Army command senior intelligence officer.

GAZ:
Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod or Gorky Automobile Plant a major Russian automotive manufacturer based in the city of Nizhny Novgorod.

GBU-31:
Guided Bomb Unit-31, a 2,000 lb GPS guided bomb.

GBU-38B:
Guided Bomb Unit-38B, a 500 lb GPS guided bomb.

GPS:
Global positioning system

HEAT:
High-explosive anti-tank

HHB:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion

Humvee:
Slang for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMVV), a four-wheel drive military automobile.

HQ:
Headquarters

HUD:
Heads up display

Hwaseong-5:
aka Scud B, North Korean copy of the Soviet R-17 short-range ballistic missile.

Hwaseong-13:
aka KN-08, North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile.

ICC:
Integrated command center

IFV:
Infantry fighting vehicle

J2:
Joint command senior intelligence officer.

J-11:
Chinese version of the Russian Su-27SK Flanker fighter.

JAG:
Judge Advocate General

JOOD:
Junior officer of the deck

JSA:
Joint Security Area

JTIDS:
Joint tactical information distribution system

K1A1:
South Korean main battle tank based on the US M1A1 Abrams.

K2 Black Panther:
Advanced South Korean main battle tank.

K21:
South Korean infantry fighting vehicle.

Kh-35/SS-N-25 Switchblade:
A small Russian anti-ship missile, similar to the US Harpoon.

Klicks:
Slang for kilometer.

KN-01:
North Korean version of the Soviet export P-20 (SS-N-2A Styx) anti-ship missile.

KN-08:
aka Hwaseong-13, North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile.

KPA:
Korean People’s Army

KS-30:
Soviet heavy 130mm antiaircraft gun.

KWP:
Korean Workers’ Party

LCS:
Littoral combatant ship

M4A1:
A shorter and lighter variant of the US M16A2
assault rifle.

M-46:
Soviet 130mm field gun.

Mi-8:
1960s era Soviet transport utility helicopter.

MAC:
Military Armistice Commission

MiG-19 Farmer:
1950s era Soviet jet fighter.

MiG-21 Fishbed:
1960s era Soviet jet fighter.

MiG-29 Fulcrum:
1980s era Soviet jet fighter.

MP:
Military police

MOPP:
Mission oriented protective posture, levels of protective gear used to safeguard personnel in a toxic environment.

MQ-9 Reaper:
US armed, unmanned aerial vehicle.

Musudan:
aka BM-25, a North Korean intermediate range ballistic missile.

NBC:
Nuclear, biological, chemical

NCO:
Non-commissioned officer

NK:
North Koreans

NIS:
Republic of Korea, National Intelligence Service

OOB:
Order of battle

OOD:
Officer of the deck

OP:
Observation post

OPLAN:
Operations plan

OPREP-3:
US Navy message format used to inform a senior authority of an incident that is of national-level interest.

Osa I:
Soviet Project 205 guided missile patrol craft.

P-8:
US Navy maritime patrol aircraft.

PAC-2:
Patriot Advanced Capability – 2, US Army surface-to-air missile.

PAC-3:
Patriot Advanced Capability – 3, US Army surface-to-air missile.

PACOM:
US Pacific Command

PLA:
People’s Liberation Army

PLAAF:
People’s Liberation Army Air Force

PLAN:
People’s Liberation Army Navy

Pokpung-ho:
North Korean main battle tank based on the Russian T-72 and Chinese Type 88.

PRC:
People’s Republic of China

RAM:
Rolling airframe missile, US Navy short-range point defense missile.

Rodong-1:
aka Nodong, a
North Korean medium-range ballistic missile.

ROK:
Republic of Korea

RPG:
Slang for rocket-propelled grenade. In Russian, it stands for “handheld antitank grenade launcher.”

S-400:
Russian long-range air defense missile system.

SAG:
Surface action group

SAM:
Surface-to-air missile

Sarin:
A nonpersistent nerve agent.

SATCOM:
Satellite communications

Scud:
Family of short-range ballistic missiles of Soviet origin.

Sea Sparrow:
US Navy short-range point defense missile.

Second Artillery Corps:
A separate service within the People’s Liberation Army responsible for ballistic missile forces, both nuclear and conventional.

SOF:
Special Operations Forces

SM-2:
Standard Missile 2, US Navy long-range air defense missile.

SS-N-6:
Soviet R-27 submarine launched ballistic missile.

Surion:
South Korean transport utility helicopter.

T-54/55:
Soviet main battle tanks introduced at the end of World War II.

T-62:
Soviet 1960s era main battle tank.

Taepodong:
A North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile.

TAO:
Tactical action officer

TEL:
Transporter erector launcher

TOW:
Tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile.

Type 033:
Chinese copy of the Soviet Project 633 (Romeo) diesel-electric submarine.

Type 054/054A:
Chinese guided missile frigate

Type 69:
Chinese main battle tank based on the Soviet T-54 and T-62.

Type 88:
Chinese main battle tank.

UAV:
Unmanned aerial vehicle

UAZ-469:
Warsaw Pact bloc produced light utility truck.

UH-1N Huey:
US utility helicopter

UN:
United Nations

USFK:
US Forces Korea

UTM:
Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system.

VIP:
Very important person

VX:
A persistent nerve agent.

WMD:
Weapons of mass destruction

XO:
Executive officer, second in command of a warship.

Y-8:
Chinese medium range transport aircraft used from numerous missions.

ZiL:
Zavod imeni Likhachova, or the Likhachov Plant, a major Russian automotive manufacturer based in the city
Moscow.