Managing India's Nuclear Forces

List of Abbreviations

Abbreviations M ix List of Abbreviations ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile ACSA Acquisition and Cross Service Agreement AEC Atomic Energy Commission AERB Atomic Energy Regulatory Board ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare ASWAC Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control system ATGM Anti-Tank Guided Missile ATV Advanced Technology Vessel AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre BECA Basic Exchange and Co-operation Agreement BJP Bharatiya Janata Party BMD Ballistic Missile Defence C&C command and control C-in-C Commander in Chief CAS Chief of Air Staff CBM Confidence Building Measure CCPA Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs CCS Cabinet Committee on Security CDE Committee on Defence Expenditure CDS Chief of Defence Staff CEP Circular Error Probable CGS Chief of General Staff CISC Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee CISMOA Communications and Information Security Memorandum of Agreement CJCS Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff CMC Cuban Missile Crisis COAS Chief of Army Staff COMINT Communications Intelligence COSC Chiefs of Staff Committee CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty DAE Department of Atomic Energy 00~Koithara_Prelims.indd 9 4/11/12 9:47 AM x  Managing India’s Nuclear Forces DCC Defence Committee of the Cabinet DDF Department of Defence Finance DDP Department of Defence Production DMC Defence Minister’s Committee DND Draft Nuclear Doctrine DOD Department of Defence DOE Department of Energy DOS Department of Space DPS Defence Planning Staff DRD Department of Defence R&D DRDO Defence Research & Development Organisation EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space company ECC Emergency Committee of the Cabinet EHF Extremely High Frequency ELF Extremely Low Frequency ELINT Electronic Intelligence EMP Electro-Magnetic Pulse ESD Environment Sensing Device EUMA End Use Monitoring Agreement FDI Foreign Direct Investment GCC Gulf Cooperation Council GoI Government of India GPS Global Positioning System GSOMIA General Security of Military Information Agreement HE High Explosive HEU Highly Enriched Uranium IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IAF Indian Air Force IAS Indian Administrative Service IB Intelligence Bureau IBG Integrated Battle Group ICBM Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile IDG Inter Disciplinary Group IDS Integrated Defence Staff IGMDP Integrated Guided Missile Development Project IMF International Monetary Fund IMINT Image Intelligence INF Intermediate Nuclear Forces INS Inertial Navigation System 00~Koithara_Prelims.indd 10 4/11/12 9:47 AM List of Abbreviations  xi IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation J&K Jammu and Kashmir JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JIC Joint Intelligence Committee JuD Jamaat-ud-Dawa LAC Line of Actual Control LCA Light Combat Aircraft LCC Launch Control Centre LeT Lashkar-e-Taiba LoC Line of Control LOW Launch on Warning LSA Logistics Support Agreement LUA Launch under Attack MAD Mutually Assured Destruction MBRL Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher MBT Main Battle Tank MEA Ministry of External Affairs MER Market Exchange Rate MHA Ministry of Home Affairs MIRV Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle MOD Ministry of Defence MOF Ministry of Finance MRBM Medium Range Ballistic Missile MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime NCA National Command Authority NFU No First Use NNPA Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty NRRM Nuclear Risk Reduction Measure NSA National Security Advisor NSAB National Security Advisory Board NSC National Security Council NSCS National Security Council Secretariat NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group NSNC National Strategic Nuclear Command NWS Nuclear Weapons State OPV Offshore Patrol Vessel PACC Political Affairs Committee of the Cabinet 00~Koithara_Prelims.indd 11 4/11/12 9:47 AM xii  Managing India’s Nuclear Forces PAD Prithvi Air Defence PAL Permissive Action Link PES Permissive Enable System PFBR Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor PINSTECH Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology PLA People’s Liberation Army PPBS Plans Programming and Budgeting System PPP Purchasing Power Parity PRP Personnel Reliability Programme PSA Principal Scientific Advisor PTBT Partial Test Ban Treaty RAW Research & Analyses Wing RISAT Radar Imaging Satellite RMA Revolution in Military Affairs RV Re-entry Vehicle SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAC Strategic Air Command SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty SAM Surface-to-Air Missile SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar SDI Strategic Defence Initiative SFC Strategic Forces Command SHQ Service Headquarters SIGINT Signal Intelligence SINS Ship Inertial Navigation System SIOP Single Integrated Operational Plan SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SLBM Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile SLCM Submarine Launched Cruise Missile SNEP Subterranean Nuclear Explosive Project SNEPP Study of Nuclear Explosion for Peaceful Purposes SOP Standard Operating Procedure SORT Strategic Offensive (arms) Reduction Treaty SOSUS Sound Surveillance System SPD Strategic Plans Division SPG Strategic Planning Group SRBM Short Range Ballistic...