NATO handbook16 uploaded March 25, 1993 APPENDIX IX 105. ABBREVIATIONS IN COMMON USE ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile ACCHAN Allied Command Channel ACE Allied Command Europe ACLANT Allied Command Atlantic ACCS Air Command and Control System ADP Automated Data Processing AEW Airborne Early Warning AFCENT Allied Forces Central Europe AFNORTH Allied Forces Northern Europe AFSOUTH Allied Forces Southern Europe AGARD Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development ALCM Air-Launched Cruise Missile AMF ACE Mobile Force APAG Atlantic Policy Advisory Group ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare ATA Atlantic Treaty Association AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System CAPS Conventional Armaments Planning System CBM Confidence Building Measure CCMS Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society CDE Conference on Security and Confidence Build- ing Measures and Disarmament in Europe CEAC Committee for European Airspace Coordin- ation CENTAG Central Army Group, Central Europe CEOA Central Europe Operating Agency CEP Civil Emergency Planning CEPS Central Europe Pipeline System CFE Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe CHANCOM Channel Committee CINCEASTLANT Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic Area CINCENT Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe CINCHAN Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel CINCIBERLANT Commander-in-Chief Iberian Atlantic Area CINCNORTH Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe CINCSOUTH Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe CINCUKAIR Commander-in-Chief United Kingdom Air Forces CINCWESTLANT Commander-in-Chief Western Atlantic Area CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CIS Communications and Information Systems CNAD Conference of National Armaments Directors CONMAROPS Concept of Maritime Operations CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union CPX Command Post Exercise CSBM Confidence and Security Building Measure CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe CST Conventional Stability Talks CUSRPG Canada-US Regional Planning Group DPC Defence Planning Committee DRC Defence Review Committee EC European Community ECCM Electronic Counter-Countermeasures ECM Electronic Countermeasures EMP Electro-Magnetic Pulse ENTG EURO/NATO Training Group ESA European Space Agency EUROGROUP Acronym used for informal Group of NATO European Defence Ministers EW Electronic Warfare EWG Executive Working Group GLCM Ground Launched Cruise Missile HLTF High Level Task Force IATA International Air Transport Association ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation ICB International Competitive Bidding ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IEPG Independent European Programme Group IISS International Institute for Strategic Studies IMS International Military Staff INF Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces IRBM Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile LCC Logistics Coordination Centre LTDP Long-Term Defence Programme MARAIRMED Maritime Air Forces Mediterranean MAREQ Military Assistance Requirements MAS Military Agency for Standardization MBFR Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions MC Military Committee MCM Mine Countermeasures MILREP Military Representative (to the MC) MNC Major NATO Commander MOD Ministery of Defence MOU Memorandum of Understanding NAA North Atlantic Assembly NAC North Atlantic Council NACC North Atlantic Cooperation Council NACISA NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency NACMA NATO Air Command and Control Systems Management Agency NADEFCOL NATO Defence College NAEW NATO Airborne Early Warning NAHEMA NATO Helicopter (NH90) Design, Develop- ment, Production and Logistics Management Organisation NAMFI NATO Missile Firing Installation NAMMA NATO Multi-Role Combat Aircraft Develop- ment and Production Management Agency NAMMO NATO Multi-Role Combat Aircraft Develop- ment and Production Management Organisation NAMSA NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency NAMSO NATO Maintenance and Supply Organisation NAPMA NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Agency NAPMO NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Organisation NAPR NATO Armaments Planning Review NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NAVOCFORMED Naval On-Call Force, Mediterranean NCCIS NATO Command, Control and Information System NEFMA NATO European Fighter Aircraft Develop- ment, Production and Logistics Management Agency NEFMO NATO European Fighter Aircraft Develop- ment, Production and Logistics Management Organisation NHMO NATO HAWK Management Office NHPLO NATO HAWK Production and Logistics Organisation NIAG NATO Industrial Advisory Group NICS NATO Integrated Communications System NMR National Military Representative (to SHAPE) NORAD North American Air Defence System NORTHAG Northern Army Group, Central Europe NPG Nuclear Planning Group NPLO NATO Production and Logistics Organisation NSC NATO Supply Centre OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries OTAN Organisation du Traite de l'Atlantique Nord PAPS Periodic Armaments Planning System PERM REP Permanent Representative (to the NAC) PNET Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty R&D Research and Development SAC Strategic Air Command SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander Europe SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic SACLANTCEN SACLANT Undersea Research Centre SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SATCOM Satellite Communications SCEPC Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee SCG Special Consultative Group SDI Strategic Defence Initiative SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile SLCM Sea-Launched Cruise Missile SNF Short-Range Nuclear Forces STANAG Standardization Agreement STANAVFORCHAN Standing Naval Force Channel STANAVFORLANT Standing Naval Force Atlantic STANAVFORMED Standing Naval Force Mediterranean START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks STC SHAPE Technical Centre TLE Treaty Limited Equipment TNF Theatre Nuclear Forces TTBT Threshold Test Ban Treaty UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation VCC Verification Coordinating Committee WEU Western European Union WG Working Group WHO World Health Organisation