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New Technology for NATO: Implementing Follow-On Forces Attack Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Glossary of Terms and Acronyms 8-INCH: Used in this report to denote a U.S. Army to be capable of recognizing and steering toward artillery gun which fires 8-inch diameter shells. a vulnerable point on a fixed target. A300: Model designation of a jet transport aircraft AGM: Air-to-ground missile. made by Airbus Industrie, a consortium of Bel- AGM-65: The Maverick air-to-ground missile (any gian, British, Dutch, French, German, and Span- of several versions: AGM-65A/B/D/E/F/G), ish companies. AGM-65A: TV-guided Maverick. [In inventory] A-7: The Corsair 11 light attack aircraft, produced AGM-65B: TV-guided Maverick with greater mag- in several versions for the U.S. Navy and Air nification for use against smaller targets or at Force and other nations. The Air Force is devel- longer range. [In inventory] oping improved avionics and engines (for longer AGM-65D: IR-guided Maverick for use at night or range) to upgrade its A-7s to a version unoffi- in adverse weather. [Being procured] cially called the “A-7 +.” AGM-65E: Laser-guided Maverick for U.S. Marine AAA: Anti-aircraft artillery. Corps. [Being procured] ACE: Allied Command Europe. AGM-65F: Navy Maverick. Anti-shipping–IR- Activity Cue: As used in this report, indication of guided with alternate warhead and selectable- enemy movement provided by a surveillance or delay fuze. [In development] reconnaissance system, used for planning an AGM-65G: “Alternate Warhead Maverick. ” A attack. modified AGM-65F with a heavier warhead for ACV: armored combat vehicle. A tank, armored use against ships, armored vehicles, and overbur- fighting vehicle (AFV), armored personnel car- dened fixed targets. [In advanced development] rier (Ape), armored cavalry vehicle, self-propelled AGM-88A: The HARM High-Speed Anti-Radia- artillery piece, or a mobile surface-to-air missile tion Missile (q.v.). launcher. AGM-130: A short-range, rocket-powered, air-to- ADAM: Area Denial Artillery Mine. A scatterable ground missile derived from the GBU-15. The antipersonnel mine produced for the U.S. Army. AGM-130A uses a unitary 2,000-lb Mk-84 war- A 155mm artillery shell can dispense 36 ADAMs. head. The AGM-130B, which is not presently ADDS: Army Data Distribution System. A data funded, is a version of this weapon with a sub- communications system now being procured by munitions dispenser as the payload. the U.S. Army to provide timely secure commu- AI: Air interdiction. A tactical air mission. nications among corps commanders, their intel- Air Attack: As used in tables in this report, an oper- ligence, fire support, and other staffs which ational concept using penetrating tactical air- would plan deep attacks, and the surface-to-sur- craft (TACAIR) as weapons platforms. Direct face missile batteries and tactical aircraft which air attack uses TACAIR flying directly over, or would perform deep attacks. ADDS includes within sight of, the target. Stand-off air attack Joint Tactical Information Distribution System uses a weapon such as the Modular Stand-off (JTIDS) terminals, Enhanced Position Location Weapon (MSOW) launched by tactical aircraft Reporting System (EPLRS) terminals, and net at a standoff (distance) of 25 to 50 km from the control stations. Formerly called PJH [PLRS- target. JTIDS Hybrid]. ALB: AirLand Battle. U.S. Army doctrine (en- ADT: MICNS Air Data Terminal for the Aquila dorsed by the U.S. Air Force as appropriate) for RPV; the Aquila uses an ADT to receive com- the conduct of Army operations. mands from, and transmit television imagery to, ALCM: Air-launched cruise missile. a MICNS Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) of AMS: Airborne Mission Subsystem of the Aquila a TADARS Ground Control Station (GCS). See RPV. MICNS, TADARS. AMTI: Airborne moving-target indicating (radar ADU: Air defense unit. system). Detects and indicates objects (e.g., ve- AFATDS: Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data hicles) moving with respect to the ground. System. A U.S. Army follow-onto the TACFIRE AN/TPQ-37: “Firefinder” radar system for track- artillery fire control system. ing missiles and projectiles to locate missile AFV: Armored fighting vehicle. launchers and artillery batteries. AGB: Autonomous Guided Bomb. A glide bomb AOI: (1) Area of interest: in NATO and U.S. Army in preliminary development by the Air Force, doctrine, the area including, but extending be- 221 222 ● New Technology for NATO: Implementing Follow-On Forces Attack yond, a commander’s area of responsibility concentrations of armored vehicles, where they (AOR, q.v.), in which the commander must mon- dispensed Skeet sensor-fuzed smart submu- itor enemy activity which could affect the fu- nitions. ture situation in his AOR; (2) Area of influence: ASTOR: Airborne STand-Off Radar (formerly the area in which a tactical commander has a called CASTOR: Corps Airborne STand-Off Ra- capability to fight the enemy. dar). Either of two airborne ground-surveillance AOR: Area of responsibility. A specific zone or sec- radar systems developed for the British Minis- tor assigned to a commander in which he is re- try of Defence. ASTOR-C indicates fixed tar- sponsible for fighting the enemy. Also called gets; ASTOR-I indicates moving targets. area of operational responsibility in NATO AT-2: A scatterable mine being developed by the doctrine, and area of operations in U.S. Army Federal Republic of Germany for MLRS rockets. doctrine. ATACMS: Army Tactical Missile System. A bal- APAM: Anti-personnel anti-materiel. A type of listic missile currently in development by the submunition usually designed as a small gre- U.S. Army. ATACMS missiles will be launched nade or bomblet that damages unarmored vehi- from unmodified MLRS launchers. cles and people. Examples are the Army M-74 ATAF: Allied Tactical Air Force (of NATO). grenade and the Air Force BLU-61 and BLU- ATARS: Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance 63 bomblets. System (also called Follow-On Tactical Recon- APGM: Autonomous Precision-Guided Munition naissance System). A program to develop a TV for 155mm artillery. camera and digital data link for use on either Aquila: U.S. Army-developed remotely piloted manned aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles. vehicle. ATDL: Adaptive Targeting Data Link. A proposed ARDS: Airborne Radar Demonstrator System, A radio data link which could transmit target loca- NATO project to make certain U. S., British, and tion data from Joint STARS or PLSS aircraft French airborne ground-surveillance radar sys- to weapon delivery platforms such as F-16 fighter tems compatible. aircraft equipped with ATDL equipment or pos- ARIA: Advanced Range Instrumentation Air- sibly to advanced weapons—such as ballistic or craft. A modified Boeing 707 jet transport (des- cruise missiles-which could be equipped with ignated EC-18B) used by the U.S. Air Force. ATDL equipment. ARM: Anti-radiation missile. ATF: Advanced-Technology Fighter being devel- Artillery Attack: An operational concept using oped for the U.S. Air Force. artillery guns or rocket-launchers as weapons ATR: Automatic target recognition. platforms. AUTO TGT: A notional automatic target recog- ASAC: All-Source Analysis Center, which sup- nition capability for attack of units on trains ports the intelligence function at division and using CALCM-X. corps tactical operations centers. AVSCOM: Aviation Systems Command of the ASARS: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Sys- U.S. Army. tem (specifically, ASARS 11). A U.S. Air Force AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System high-resolution ground-surveillance imaging ra- (E-3A/B/C) used by the U.S. Air Force and dar system, which can detect stationary objects. NATO. The ASARS 11 can be carried by the high- B-52: A heavy bomber operated by the U.S. Stra- altitude, long-endurance TR-1 aircraft. tegic Air Command. ASAS: All-Source Analysis System. An intelligence BAI: Battlefield air interdiction. A tactical air fusion system being developed by the U.S. Army. mission. Both the ASAS and the U.S. Air Force’s Enemy BICES: Battlefield Information Collection and Ex- Situation Correlation Element (ENSCE) are being ploitation System, a NATO project. developed under the Joint Tactical Fusion (JTF) BL775: A British anti-armor cluster weapon. program and will use some common equipment. BMP: A Soviet-made infantry combat vehicle. ASIC: All-Source Intelligence Center. BN-2T: A twin-turboprop aircraft (the Turbine Is- Assault Breaker: A technology development pro- lander) made by Pilatus Britten-Norman; see gram sponsored by the U.S. Defense Advanced Turbine Islander. Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in which BTR: A series of Soviet-made armored personnel T-16 (Patriot) and T-22 (Lance) missiles were carriers. Some are used for command, control, guided, by the Joint STARS-like Pave Mover and communications. airborne radar and weapon guidance system, to Buccaneer: A British fighter-bomber. Glossary of Terms and Acronyms ● 223 — —. Bullpup: U.S. Air Force AGM-12C command- ognition and precision terminal guidance of guided weapon, designed to attack hard fixed cruise missiles. targets. It includes a WDU-25B 974-pound CNAD: Conference of National Armaments Direc- warhead. tors of NATO. Bundeswehr: The West German Army. COCOM, CoCom: Coordinating Committee on C2 (or C’): Command and control. Multilateral Export Controls. C3 (or C’): Command, control, and communications. COMINT: Communications intelligence. Informa- C3I (or C3I): Command, control, communications, tion gained from intercepting enemy electronic and intelligence. communications signals, either voice or message. CALCM-X: An acronym used in this report for a Command Posts: Groups of trucks and lightly ar- proposed conventionally armed, air-launched mored vehicles used by commanders of Warsaw cruise missile, possibly ALCM-Bs retired from Pact regiments, divisions, and armies, and their SIOP duty and modified to carry more payload staffs; possible targets for attacks against fol- to a shorter range.
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