Some Acronym used in Defence...

[SajeevJino]

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AAA Anti-aircraft artillery
AAD Advanced Air Defense (missile
intercept system) ,Area Air Defence
AAM Air-to -Air missile
AESA Active Electronically Scanned Array
AEW Airborne early warning
AI Air Intercept
AMCA Advanced Medium Combat
Aircraft
AMRAAM Advanced Medium Range Air-
to-Air Missile
ASMAR Active Multimode Solid-State
Active Radar
ASM Air-to -Surface Missile
ASW AntiSubmarine Warfare
ASAT AntiSATellite weapon
ATFLIR Advanced Tactical Forward
Looking Infrared
ATGM antitank guided missile
ATRD Active towed radar decoy
AWACS Airborne warning and control
system
BMP Battle Management Processor
BMD Ballistic Missile Defense
BVR Beyond-visual-range
BVRAAM Beyond-Visual- Range Air-to -
Air Missile
C3I Command,
control,communications,and intelligence
CAESAR Captor Active Electronically
Scanned Array Radar
C-AISR Counter-airborne
intelligence,surveillance and
reconnaissance
CAP Combat Air Patrol
CAS Close Air Support
CBG Carrier Battle Group
CCD -TV Charge-coupled device television
CCS Cabinet Committee on Security
CEP Circular Error Projection
CIWS Close In Weapon System
CSG Carrier Strike Group
DAS Defensive avionics suite
DASS Defensive Aids Sub-System
DPB Defense Procurement Board
DPP Defense Procurement
Procedure
DRDO Defence Research
Development Organization (India)
DRFM Digital radio frequency
memory
EADS European Aeronautic Defence
and Space Company
EOTS Electro-Optical Targeting
System
ESM Electronic support measures
EW Electronic warfare
EW/CGI Early warning and ground
control intercept
FGFA Fifth Generation Fighter
Aircraft (indian)
FLIR Forward looking infrared
FOC Final Operational Clearance
HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HOTAS Hands on throttle and stick
HUMINT Human Int elligence
IADS Integrated air defense systems
IAF Indian Air Force
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
( range more then 5500 km )
IDECM Integrated Defensive Electronic
Counter measures
IEWS Integrated Electronic Warfare
System
IFF Identification, friend or foe
IOC Initial Operational Clearance
IIR Imaging infrared
IJT Intermediate Jet Trainer
IRBM Intermediate-Range Ballistic
Missile ( range of 3,000 –5,500 km )
IRST Infrared search and tracking
ISAF ISraeli Air Force
ISR Intelligence, surveillance,and
reconnaissance
ISRO Indian Space Research
Organisation (Bangalore, India)
JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munition
JSOW Joint Standoff Weapon
LCA Light Combat Aircraft
LPI Low probability of intercept
LRCM Long Range Cruise Missile
LRSAM Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile
MAWS Missile approach warning system
MBRL Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher
MIRV Multiple Independently Targetable
Reentry Vehicle
MMRCA Medium multi-role combat
aircraft
MOD Ministry of Defense
MRBM Medium-Range Rallistic Missile
( range between 1000km. to 3500 km )
NORA Not Only a Radar
PAF Pakistan Air Force
PAK-FA Perspektivny Aviatsionny
Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii- literally
Prospective Airborne Complex of
Frontline Aviation
PAD Point Air Defense ( Prithvi Air
Defence )
PESA Passive Electronically Scanned
Array
PIRATE Passive Infra-Red Airborne
Tracking Equipment
PLAAF People’ s Liberation Army Air
Force
R&D Research and development
RCS Radar cross-section
RFP Request for Proposals
RWR Radar warning receiver
SAM Surface-to-air missile
SEAD Suppression of enemy air defenses
SIGINT Sig nals Int elligence
SRBM Short Range Ballistic Missile range
between ( range below 1000 km.)
SRSAM Short Range Surface-to-Air
Missile
T/R Transmit/receive
UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle
UCAV Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
WVR Within-visual-range
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MARCOS MAR ine CO mmandoS
SFF Special Frontier Force
SOG Special Operations Group
NSG National Security Guards
GCF Garud Commando Force
SSG State Security Guard
BSF Border Security Force

[Marqueur]

thanx for posting ... useful info ...

[halloweene]

Lil precision ( just in order to bore Sajeevno) : Caesar is also an artillery system. And you cant talk avout SEAD without talking about DEad (Destruction of etc., wich is diff from Suppression)
But of course i'm innocent, and i posted that for general safe
Thanks for this thread, useful one!

Cheers

[halloweene]

Hmm i dont see SPECTRA

[SajeevJino]

Collecting more of them...will be added soon....

[jason bourne]

AAA Anti-aircraft artillery

AAD Advanced Air Defense (missile intercept system) ,Area Air Defence

AAM Air-to-Air missile

AESA Active Electronically Scanned Array

AEW Airborne early warning

AI Air Intercept

AMCA Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft

AMRAAM Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile

ASMAR Active Multimode Solid-State Active Radar

ASM Air-to-Surface Missile

ASW AntiSubmarine Warfare

ASAT AntiSATellite weapon

ATFLIR Advanced Tactical Forward Looking Infrared

ATGM antitank guided missile

ATRD Active towed radar decoy

AWACS Airborne warning and control system

BMP Battle Management Processor

BMD Ballistic Missile Defense

BVR Beyond-visual-range

BVRAAM Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile

C3I Command, control,communications,and intelligence

CAESAR Captor Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar

C-AISR Counter-airborne intelligence,surveillance and reconnaissance

CAP Combat Air Patrol

CAS Close Air Support

CBG Carrier Battle Group

CCD-TV Charge-coupled device television

CCS Cabinet Committee on Security

CEP Circular Error Projection

CIWS Close In Weapon System

CSG Carrier Strike Group

DAS Defensive avionics suite

DASS Defensive Aids Sub-System

DPB Defense Procurement Board

DPP Defense Procurement Procedure

DRDO Defence Research Development Organization (India)

DRFM Digital radio frequency memory

EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company

EOTS Electro-Optical Targeting System

ESM Electronic support measures

EW Electronic warfare

EW/CGI Early warning and ground control intercept

FGFA Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (indian)

FLIR Forward looking infrared

FOC Final Operational Clearance

HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

HOTAS Hands on throttle and stick

HUMINT Human Intelligence

IADS Integrated air defense systems

IAF Indian Air Force

ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ( range more then 5500 km )

IDECM Integrated Defensive Electronic Counter measures

IEWS Integrated Electronic Warfare System

IFF Identification, friend or foe

IOC Initial Operational Clearance

IIR Imaging infrared

IJT Intermediate Jet Trainer

IRBM Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile ( range of 3,000–5,500 km )

IRST Infrared search and tracking

ISAF ISraeli Air Force

ISR Intelligence, surveillance,and reconnaissance

ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation (Bangalore, India)

JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munition

JSOW Joint Standoff Weapon

LCA Light Combat Aircraft

LPI Low probability of intercept

LRCM Long Range Cruise Missile

LRSAM Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile

MAWS Missile approach warning system

MBRL Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher

MIRV Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle

MMRCA Medium multi-role combat aircraft

MOD Ministry of Defense

MRBM Medium-Range Rallistic Missile ( range between 1000km. to 3500 km )

NORA Not Only a Radar

PAF Pakistan Air Force

PAK-FA Perspektivny Aviatsionny Kompleks Frontovoy Aviatsii- literally Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation

PAD Point Air Defense ( Prithvi Air Defence )

PESA Passive Electronically Scanned Array

PIRATE Passive Infra-Red Airborne Tracking Equipment

PLAAF People’s Liberation Army Air Force

R&D Research and development

RCS Radar cross-section

RFP Request for Proposals

RWR Radar warning receiver

SAM Surface-to-air missile

SEAD Suppression of enemy air defenses

SIGINT Signals Intelligence

SRBM Short Range Ballistic Missile range between ( range below 1000 km.)

SRSAM Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile

T/R Transmit/receive

UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle

UCAV Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

WVR Within-visual-range





INDIAN ARMY AND SPECIAL FORCES





MARCOS MARine COmmandoS

SFF Special Frontier Force

SOG Special Operations Group

NSG National Security Guards

GCF Garud Commando Force

SSG State Security Guard

BSF Border Security Force

COBRA Commando Battalion for Resolute Action


submarine :



SSBN Submarine, Ballistic Missile, Nuclear powered



SSN Submarine, Attack, Nuclear powered



SSGN Submarine, Guided missile, Nuclear powered



SSK Submarine, Attack, Diesel electric powered



SS Submarine, Attack

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Help if i missed some important acronyms ...THANKS .

[GUNS-N- ROSES]

i appreciate the kind of work u have done. it will be a great benefit to fresh members

[Himanshu Pandey]

keep it up it will help others a lot

[SajeevJino]

Already posted...
it is a repost

go here...........
http://www.indiandefence.com/forums/...defence-14244/

[Skull and Bones]

COBRA: Commando Battalion for Resolute Action.

Special unit of CRPF to tackle insurgency and Naxalite issue.

[jason bourne]

Already posted...
it is a repost

go here...........
http://www.indiandefence.com/forums/...defence-14244/

Original Post By SajeevJino

while posted cant just u add courtasy jason bounre ?????

[jason bourne]