| ballistic missile defense | BMD |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP |
| Federally Administered Tribal Areas | FATA |
| gross domestic product | GDP |
| Indian Air Force | IAF |
| integrated battle groups | IBGs |
| Jaish-e-Mohammed | JeM |
| Jammu and Kashmir | J&K |
| Lashkar-e-Toiba | LeT |
| line of control | LOC |
| Northwest Frontier Province | NWFP |
| peaceful nuclear explosion | PNE |
| Students Islamic Movement of India | SIMI |
| Subterranean Nuclear Explosions Project | SNEP |
| Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons | NPT |