Arctic Storm Rising

Weapons and Acronyms

AIM-9X — American heat-seeking air-to-air missile

AK-12—Russian assault rifle

AMRAAM — Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, American radar-guided air-to-air missile

AN/APG-77—American advanced aircraft radar system

AN/PRC-162—American handheld tactical radio

Anza Mk III — Pakistani shoulder-fired antiaircraft missile

F-22 Raptor — American fifth-generation fighter aircraft

FPS-117—American phased array air surveillance radar

HC-130J — American combat search-and-rescue aircraft

IL-38—Russian radar-equipped patrol plane

IL-78M-90A — Russian aerial refueling aircraft

IRBIS-E — Russian advanced passively scanned phased array fighter radar

IRST — Infrared Search and Track, Russian passive air detection and tracking system

Kamov Ka-60 Kosatka—Russian medium-range troop transport helicopter

Korshun-KN-N — Russian long-range aerial search radar

Mil Mi-26T2—Russian heavy-lift helicopter

RC-135V — American reconnaissance aircraft

Tu-95—Russian long-range bomber aircraft

Tu-142—Russian long-range reconnaissance aircraft, converted from the Tu-95 bomber

Tu-214R — Russian advanced long-range reconnaissance aircraft

ACAWS — Advisory, Caution, and Warning System; aircraft systems alerting system

ARCC — Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, directs rescue responses in Alaska

ARTCC — Air Route Traffic Control Center, American wide-range air traffic control

AWACS — Airborne Warning and Control System, American aerial radar system

CSAR — Combat Search and Rescue

DEFCON — Defense Condition, a series of coordinated actions in response to a military crisis

DNI — Director of National Intelligence, American executive in charge of all intelligence agencies

ECR — Emergency Conference Room, American Pentagon meeting area

ELINT — Electronic Intelligence

GRU—Glavnoje Razvedyvatel’noje Upravlenije, Russian military intelligence

HUD — Heads-Up Display, a system that displays flight and weapons information so a pilot does not have to look down to read it

HUMINT — Human Intelligence

JBER — abbreviation for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, American military installation near Anchorage, Alaska

JCS — Joint Chiefs of Staff, the senior uniformed leaders of the six branches of the American military

MILES — Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, a “laser tag” infantry training system

NORAD — North American Aerospace Defense Command, the joint American-Canadian command that directs air defense of North America

RAOC — Regional Air Operations Center, a U.S. Air Force unit that directs airborne air defense activities

RCAF — Royal Canadian Air Force

RCS — radar cross-section, a value relating to an object being detected by radar

RWR — radar warning receiver, a device that detects and classifies radar energy

SecDef — abbreviation for the American secretary of defense

SIGINT — Signals Intelligence, the process of obtaining, identifying, and disseminating radio signals

SVR—Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service