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List of Abbreviations List of Abbreviations A2/AD Anti-access/area denial ACC Air Combat Command ACE Aviation combat element ACE Agile combat employment ACSA Acquisition and cross-servicing agreement ADMM ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting AIT American Institute in Taiwan ARF ASEAN Regional Forum ARMM Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASG Abu Sayyaf Group ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System BARMM Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao BCT Brigade Combat Team BIAF Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces BIFF Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters BNPT Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme BOL Bangsamoro Organic Law BRN Barisan Revolusi Nasional BTA Bangsamoro Transition Authority C4ISR Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance CAB Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro CCND Creating the Conditions for Nuclear Disarmament CD Conference on Disarmament CEND Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament CEWG Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament Working Group CIS Commonwealth of Independent States COC Code of Conduct CPGS Conventional Prompt Global Strike CSTO Collective Security Treaty Organization CTBT Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty CUES Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea D&SD Diplomatic and Security Dialogue vi List of Abbreviations Densus 88 Detasemen Khusus 88 Antiteror DF Dongfeng DMO Distributed maritime operations DOM Daerah Operasi Militer EABO Expeditionary advanced base operations EAS East Asia Summit EEZ Exclusive economic zone ESSCom Eastern Sabah Security Command EU European Union EWG Experts’ Working Groups FE Foal Eagle FFP Future Forward party FMCT Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty FOC Full operational capability FOIP Free and Open Indo-Pacific FSA Force Structure Assessment FYDP Future Years Defense Program GGK Grup Gerak Khas GLCM Ground-launched cruise missile GSOMIA General Security of Military Information Agreement HA/DR Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief HGV Hypersonic glide vehicle HIMARS High Mobility Artillery Rocket System HI-RAIN HIMARS rapid infiltration I2CEWS Intelligence, information, cyber electronic warfare and space IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ICBM Intercontinental ballistic missile IFPC Indirect Fire Protection Capability INDOPACOM Indo-Pacific Command INF Intermediate-range nuclear forces IOC Initial Operational Capability IoT Internet of Things IPD19 Indo-Pacific Deployment 2019 IRBM Intermediate-range ballistic missile IRCM Intermediate-range cruise missile ISIL Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant vii JAD Jamaah Ansharut Daulah JASSM-ER Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range JCPOA Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action KGB Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti KOGABWILHAN Komando Gabungan Wilayah Pertahanan KOOPSUS Komando Operasi Khusus KOPASSUS Komando Pasukan Khusus KPK Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi KR Key Resolve LCU Landing craft utility LPX-II Landing Platform Experimental-II LRASM Long-range anti-ship missile LRCM Long-range cruise missile LRPF Long Range Precision Fires LSC Large surface combatant LTAMDS Lower tier air and missile defense sensor MD Missile defense MDC2 Multi-domain command and control MDO Multi-domain operations MDTF Multi-Domain Task Force MILF Moro Islamic Liberation Front MNLF Moro National Liberation Front MOU Memorandum of understanding MRBM Medium-range ballistic missile MRL Multiple rocket launcher M-SHORAD Mobile Short-Range Air Defense NAC New Agenda Coalition NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NDS National Defense Strategy NPT Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons NSA Negative security assurances NSOF National Special Operations Force NSS National Security Strategy NTM National technical means ODA Official development assistance OEWG Open-ended Working Group viii List of Abbreviations OPM Organisasi Papua Merdeka PASKAL Pasukan Khas Laut PASKAU Pasukan Khas TUDM PCA Permanent Court of Arbitration PDD Partnership for Democratic Development PDI-P Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan PHP Philippine peso PPRP Palang Pracharath party PSI Proliferation Security Initiative RAM Rocket, artillery, mortar RDT&E Research, development, testing and evaluation RIMPAC Rim of the Pacific SARA Suku, Agama, Ras dan Antargolongan SB-CTD Special Branch Counter-Terrorism Division SCM Security Consultative Meeting SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SINKEX Sinking exercise SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SLBM Submarine-launched ballistic missile SLCM Sea-launched cruise missile SMA Special Measures Agreement SRBM Short-range ballistic missile SRCM Short-range cruise missile SSC Small surface combatant START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I THAAD Terminal High Altitude Area Defense TICAD Tokyo International Conference on African Development TPNPB Tentara Pembebasan Nasional Papua Barat TPNW Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons TRADOC US Army Training and Doctrine Command TTX Tabletop exercise UAS Unmanned aircraft systems UFG Ulchi Freedom Guardian ULMWP United Liberation Movement for West Papua UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund ix VLS Vertical launching system WFP World Food Programme WPNS Western Pacific Naval Symposium ZTE Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation 2MTW Two major theater wars x.
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