ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
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ACDA |
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
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AEB |
Atomic Energy Board (South Africa) |
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AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission |
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AEC |
Atomic Energy Corporation (South Africa) |
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AFOAT-1 |
Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Atomic Energy Office, Section 1 |
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AFSA |
Armed Forces Security Agency |
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AFTAC |
Air Force Technical Applications Center |
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BARC |
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (India) |
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CEA |
Commissariat l’Énergie Atomique (France) |
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CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
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CIG |
Central Intelligence Group |
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CIRUS |
Canadian, Indian, U.S. |
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COMINT |
Communications Intelligence |
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COMIREX |
Committee on Imagery Requirements and Exploitation |
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COMOR |
Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance |
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CREST |
CIA Records Search Tool |
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DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
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DCI |
Director of Central Intelligence |
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DGSE |
General Directorate for External Security (France) |
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DHS |
Defense HUMINT Service |
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DIA |
Defense Intelligence Agency |
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DMSP |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
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DNI |
Director of National Intelligence |
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DPRK |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
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DRDO |
Defence Research and Development Organization (India) |
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DSP |
Defense Support Program |
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ELF |
Extremely Low Frequency |
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EMET |
Research and Planning Division (Israel) |
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EMIS |
Electromagnetic Isotope Separation |
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ETH |
Federal Technical College (Switzerland) |
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FAG |
Field Activities Group |
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GARP |
Global Atmospheric Research Program |
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GRU |
Chief Intelligence Directorate (Soviet General Staff) |
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HEU |
Highly Enriched Uranium |
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HHPL |
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library |
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HTPL |
Harry Truman Presidential Library |
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HUMINT |
Human Intelligence |
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IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
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IAEC |
Israeli Atomic Energy Commission |
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ICBM |
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
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INER |
Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (Taiwan) |
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INR |
Bureau of Intelligence and Research |
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ITD |
International Technology Division |
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JAEIC |
Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee |
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JCAE |
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy |
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JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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JFKL |
John F. Kennedy Library |
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JNEIC |
Joint Nuclear Energy Intelligence Committee |
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KANUPP |
Karachi Nuclear Power Project |
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KGB |
Committee on State Security (Soviet Union) |
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KH |
Keyhole |
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LAKAM |
Scientific Liaison Bureau (Israel) |
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LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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MED |
Manhattan Engineer District |
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MILS |
Missile Impact Location System |
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MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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MVD |
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union) |
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NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration |
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NDRE |
Norwegian Defense Research Establishment |
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NGA |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |
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NIA |
National Intelligence Authority |
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NIE |
National Intelligence Estimate |
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NII |
Scientific Research Institute (Soviet Union) |
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NIMA |
National Imagery and Mapping Agency |
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NIS |
National Intelligence Survey |
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NKVD |
People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union) |
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NPIC |
National Photographic Interpretation Center |
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NPT |
Nonproliferation Treaty |
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NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
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NRO |
National Reconnaissance Office |
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NSA |
National Security Agency |
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NSAM |
National Security Action Memorandum |
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NSC |
National Security Council |
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NSCID |
National Security Council Intelligence Directive |
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NSDD |
National Security Decision Directive |
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ONI |
Office of Naval Intelligence |
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OSI |
Office of Scientific Intelligence |
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OSRD |
Office of Scientific Research and Development |
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OSS |
Office of Strategic Services |
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OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
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PEG |
Priority Exploitation Group |
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PINSTECH |
Pakistan Institute of Science and Technology |
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PNE |
Peaceful Nuclear Explosion |
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POW |
Prisoner of War |
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PSF |
President’s Security Files |
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RAFAEL |
Armament Development Authority (Israel) |
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RAPS |
Rajasthan Atomic Power Station |
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RDS |
Stalin’s Rocket Engine |
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ROC |
Republic of China |
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SAC |
Strategic Air Command |
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SCATHA |
Spacecraft Charging at High Altitudes |
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SCS |
Special Collection Service |
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SDS |
Satellite Data System |
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SGN |
Saint Gobain Nucléaire |
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SID |
Defense Information Service (Italy) |
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SIPRI |
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
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SIS |
British Secret Intelligence Service |
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SISMI |
Service for Information and Military Security (Italy) |
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SNIE |
Special National Intelligence Estimate |
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SOSUS |
Sound Surveillance System |
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SSCI |
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |
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SSU |
Strategic Services Unit |
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SVR |
Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) |
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TBP |
Tributyl Phosphate |
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UKNA |
United Kingdom National Archives |
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UN |
United Nations |
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UNSCOM |
U.N. Special Commission on Iraq |
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URENCO |
Uranium Enrichment Corporation |
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USASA |
United States Army Security Agency |
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USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
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USIB |
United States Intelligence Board |
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VLF |
Very Low Frequency |
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WINPAC |
Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control Center (CIA) |
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WMD |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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WRS |
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |