- 96L6E—Russian surface-to-air missile search radar
- AH-64D Apache—U.S. Army attack helicopter
- AIM-120—radar-guided air-to-air missile
- AK-400—Russian assault rifle
- ALQ-293—American advanced electronic warfare system (SPEAR)
- APC—armored personnel carrier
- AT-4—Russian antitank rocket
- B-1B Lancer—U.S. Air Force strategic heavy bomber
- B-21 Raider—U.S. Air Force next-generation stealth bomber
- B-2A Spirit—U.S. Air Force strategic stealth heavy bomber
- B-52H Stratofortress—U.S. Air Force strategic heavy bomber
- BMP-1, BTR-82—Russian armored personnel carriers
- C-17 Globemaster III—U.S. Air Force heavy-cargo aircraft
- CH-47 Chinook—U.S. Army heavy-lift cargo helicopter
- CID—Cybernetic Infantry Device, manned combat robot
- CIWS—Close-in Weapon System, U.S. Navy ship defensive weapon
- CO—Commanding Officer
- DARPA—Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Defense Department agency developing new military technology
- DEFCON—Defense readiness Condition
- DTF—digital terrain following
- E-2C Hawkeye—U.S. Navy carrier-borne radar surveillance and control plane
- E-3 Sentry—U.S. Air Force radar surveillance and control plane
- E-4B—U.S. Air Force National Airborne Operations Center, flying command post
- E-8 JSTARS—Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, U.S. Air Force ground surveillance radar aircraft
- F-15—U.S. Air Force air dominance fighter aircraft
- F-15E Strike Eagle—U.S. Air Force tactical bombing and fighter aircraft
- F-16 Fighting Falcon—U.S. Air Force multirole tactical fighter
- F-22 Raptor—U.S. Air Force fifth-generation stealth air dominance fighter aircraft
- F-35 Lightning II—American multiservice fifth-generation multirole tactical fighter aircraft
- F-4—American multirole tactical fighter aircraft
- FAA—American Federal Aviation Administration
- FSB—Russian Federal Security Bureau (formerly KGB)
- FXR—Francis Xavier Regan, multinational business mogul
- Glock 22—Austrian .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol
- GLONASS—Global Navigation Satellite System, Russian space-based satellite navigation system
- GPS—Global Positioning System, American satellite navigation system
- Groza-4—Russian Special Forces assault rifle
- GRU—Glavnoye razvedyvatel’noye upravleniye, Russian military intelligence
- GSH-30-1—Russian heavy rapid-fire cannon
- Hellfire missile—American air-to-ground laser- and radar-guided attack missile
- HH-60G—U.S. Air Force special operations helicopter
- HUD—heads-up display; displays flight and weapon information in front of the pilot
- Huey—nickname of the American UH-1 Iroquois utility helicopter
- HUMINT—Human Intelligence
- IR—infrared
- JAS 39—Swedish-designed multirole tactical fighter
- Kh-35UE—Russian air-to-ground attack missile
- klicks—kilometers
- KVM—Kiberneticheskiye Voyennyye Mashiny, Russian manned combat robot
- LEAF—Life Enhancing Assistive Facility, robotic life-support system
- LED—Light Emitting Diode, advanced lighting system
- LZ—Landing Zone
- M1911A1—American .45-caliber pistol
- M1A1—U.S. Army main battle tank
- M-60—U.S. Army main battle tank
- MFD—Multi Function Display, electronic information system
- MP7 submachine gun—German-made compact personal defense weapon
- MQ-55—American unmanned combat aerial vehicle
- MRAP—Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, American heavy armored personnel carrier
- NEXRAD—Next Generation Radar, American weather radar system
- NSA—National Security Agency, American global electronic surveillance agency
- NSC—National Security Council, American national defense and foreign policy group
- PR—public relations
- PSS—Russian silent pistol
- PZL SW-4—Polish light utility helicopter
- RKU—Razresheniye Konfliktov Uslugi, Russian mercenary group
- RP—reporting point; also rendezvous point
- RPG—rocket-propelled grenade
- S-19 Midnight—American single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane
- S-300 SAM—Russian surface-to-air antiaircraft missile
- S-400 TRIUMF—advanced Russian surface-to-air antiaircraft missile
- SAM—surface-to-air missile
- SOCAL—Southern California Air Route Traffic Control Center, American air-traffic-control agency
- SOCOM—Special Operations Command, American military special operations headquarters
- SPEAR—Self-Protection Electronically Agile Reaction, American advanced electronic warfare system
- Spetsnaz—abbreviation for Voyska Spetsialnogo Naznacheniya, Russian special forces
- Spike—Israeli antitank missile
- Stinger—American shoulder-fired antiaircraft missile
- STOL—Short Takeoff and Landing
- Su-27—Russian multirole tactical fighter
- Su-34—Russian tactical bomber
- Su-35—Russian multirole tactical fighter
- Su-50—Russian advanced air superiority fighter
- SUV—sport utility vehicle
- T-72—Russian main battle tank
- T-90—Russian advanced main battle tank
- Tu-160 Blackjack—Russian advanced supersonic strategic bomber
- Tu-22M-3 Backfire—Russian supersonic strategic bomber
- Tu-95 Bear—Russian strategic bomber
- UAZ-3163 Patriot—Russian SUV
- Udav—Russian 9mm pistol
- UH-60 Black Hawk—U.S. Army medium utility helicopter
- V-22—American tilt-rotor aircraft
- VC-25B—U.S. Air Force highly modified version of the Boeing 747-200B, known as Air Force One when the U.S. president is aboard
- VH-92A—U.S. Marine Corps VIP transport helicopter, known as Marine One when the U.S. president is aboard
- Walther P99—German-made 9mm semiautomatic pistol
- XB-1F Excalibur—American optionally manned modified B-1B Lancer strategic bomber
- XCV-62 Ranger—American experimental tilt-rotor transport aircraft
- XF-111 SuperVark—American optionally manned modified F-111 strategic bomber
- XV-40 Sparrowhawk—American experimental unmanned tilt-rotor aircraft