Red Phoenix Burning

Glossary

AA: Antiaircraft

AAA: Antiaircraft artillery

AEW: Airborne early warning

AH-1F Cobra: US attack helicopter.

AH-64D Apache: US attack helicopter.

AIM-9X Sidewinder: US infrared-guided air-to-air missile.

AKM: Russian Kalashnikov modernized automatic rifle.

APC: Armored personnel carrier

ASAP: As soon as possible

AT-3 Sagger: Soviet first generation anti-tank guide missile.

AT-4 Spigot: Soviet second generation anti-tank guided missile.

ATGM: Anti-tank guided missile

BM-11: North Korean rocket launcher based on the BM-21.

BM-21: Soviet 122mm rocket launcher.

BM-24: Soviet 240mm rocket launcher.

BM-25: aka Musudan, a North Korean intermediate range ballistic missile.

BTR-60: Soviet 1960s era eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier.

BVS-1: US Navy submarine optronic mast, replaces an optical periscope.

C-130: US transport aircraft.

CCP: Chinese Communist Party

CEP: Circular error probable, basic measure of a weapon’s accuracy.

CFC: Combined Forces Command

CFK: Christian Friends of Korea

Chonma-ho: North Korean main battle tank based on the Soviet T-62.

CIA: Central Intelligence Agency

CIC: Combat information center

CMC: Central Military Commission

CNN: Cable News Network

CNO: Chief of Naval Operations

CO: Commanding officer

CP: Command post

CT: Cryptologic technician

CTML: Conventional twelve-mile limit

DF-5: Chinese Dong-Feng (East Wind) 5 intercontinental ballistic missile.

DGPS: Differential global positioning system

DMZ: Demilitarized Zone

DPI: Designated point of impact

DPRK: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

E-3C Sentry: US Air Force airborne early warning and control aircraft.

E-8C JSTARS: US Air Force ground surveillance, command and control aircraft. JSTARS stands for joint surveillance target attack radar.

EO: Electro-optical

EMCON: Emission control

ESM: Electronic support measures

ETA: Estimated time of arrival

F-16 Falcon: US fighter-bomber.

F-22 Raptor: US stealth fighter.

FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation

FLASH: Flame assault shoulder weapon

FLIR: Forward looking infrared

FUBAR: Fouled up beyond all recognition (polite definition)

G2: Army command senior intelligence officer.

GAZ: Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod or Gorky Automobile Plant a major Russian automotive manufacturer based in the city of Nizhny Novgorod.

GBU-31: Guided Bomb Unit-31, a 2,000 lb GPS guided bomb.

GBU-38B: Guided Bomb Unit-38B, a 500 lb GPS guided bomb.

GPS: Global positioning system

HEAT: High-explosive anti-tank

HHB: Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion

Humvee: Slang for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMVV), a four-wheel drive military automobile.

HQ: Headquarters

HUD: Heads up display

Hwaseong-5: aka Scud B, North Korean copy of the Soviet R-17 short-range ballistic missile.

Hwaseong-13: aka KN-08, North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile.

ICC: Integrated command center

IFV: Infantry fighting vehicle

J2: Joint command senior intelligence officer.

J-11: Chinese version of the Russian Su-27SK Flanker fighter.

JAG: Judge Advocate General

JOOD: Junior officer of the deck

JSA: Joint Security Area

JTIDS: Joint tactical information distribution system

K1A1: South Korean main battle tank based on the US M1A1 Abrams.

K2 Black Panther: Advanced South Korean main battle tank.

K21: South Korean infantry fighting vehicle.

Kh-35/SS-N-25 Switchblade: A small Russian anti-ship missile, similar to the US Harpoon.

Klicks: Slang for kilometer.

KN-01: North Korean version of the Soviet export P-20 (SS-N-2A Styx) anti-ship missile.

KN-08: aka Hwaseong-13, North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile.

KPA: Korean People’s Army

KS-30: Soviet heavy 130mm antiaircraft gun.

KWP: Korean Workers’ Party

LCS: Littoral combatant ship

M4A1: A shorter and lighter variant of the US M16A2 assault rifle.

M-46: Soviet 130mm field gun.

Mi-8: 1960s era Soviet transport utility helicopter.

MAC: Military Armistice Commission

MiG-19 Farmer: 1950s era Soviet jet fighter.

MiG-21 Fishbed: 1960s era Soviet jet fighter.

MiG-29 Fulcrum: 1980s era Soviet jet fighter.

MP: Military police

MOPP: Mission oriented protective posture, levels of protective gear used to safeguard personnel in a toxic environment.

MQ-9 Reaper: US armed, unmanned aerial vehicle.

Musudan: aka BM-25, a North Korean intermediate range ballistic missile.

NBC: Nuclear, biological, chemical

NCO: Non-commissioned officer

NK: North Koreans

NIS: Republic of Korea, National Intelligence Service

OOB: Order of battle

OOD: Officer of the deck

OP: Observation post

OPLAN: Operations plan

OPREP-3: US Navy message format used to inform a senior authority of an incident that is of national-level interest.

Osa I: Soviet Project 205 guided missile patrol craft.

P-8: US Navy maritime patrol aircraft.

PAC-2: Patriot Advanced Capability — 2, US Army surface-to-air missile.

PAC-3: Patriot Advanced Capability — 3, US Army surface-to-air missile.

PACOM: US Pacific Command

PLA: People’s Liberation Army

PLAAF: People’s Liberation Army Air Force

PLAN: People’s Liberation Army Navy

Pokpung-ho: North Korean main battle tank based on the Russian T-72 and Chinese Type 88.

PRC: People’s Republic of China

RAM: Rolling airframe missile, US Navy short-range point defense missile.

Rodong-1: aka Nodong, a North Korean medium-range ballistic missile.

ROK: Republic of Korea

RPG: Slang for rocket-propelled grenade. In Russian, it stands for “handheld antitank grenade launcher.”

S-400: Russian long-range air defense missile system.

SAG: Surface action group

SAM: Surface-to-air missile

Sarin: A nonpersistent nerve agent.

SATCOM: Satellite communications

Scud: Family of short-range ballistic missiles of Soviet origin.

Sea Sparrow: US Navy short-range point defense missile.

Second Artillery Corps: A separate service within the People’s Liberation Army responsible for ballistic missile forces, both nuclear and conventional.

SOF: Special Operations Forces

SM-2: Standard Missile 2, US Navy long-range air defense missile.

SS-N-6: Soviet R-27 submarine launched ballistic missile.

Surion: South Korean transport utility helicopter.

T-54/55: Soviet main battle tanks introduced at the end of World War II.

T-62: Soviet 1960s era main battle tank.

Taepodong: A North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile.

TAO: Tactical action officer

TEL: Transporter erector launcher

TOW: Tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile.

Type 033: Chinese copy of the Soviet Project 633 (Romeo) diesel-electric submarine.

Type 054/054A: Chinese guided missile frigate

Type 69: Chinese main battle tank based on the Soviet T-54 and T-62.

Type 88: Chinese main battle tank.

UAV: Unmanned aerial vehicle

UAZ-469: Warsaw Pact bloc produced light utility truck.

UH-1N Huey: US utility helicopter

UN: United Nations

USFK: US Forces Korea

UTM: Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system.

VIP: Very important person

VX: A persistent nerve agent.

WMD: Weapons of mass destruction

XO: Executive officer, second in command of a warship.

Y-8: Chinese medium range transport aircraft used from numerous missions.

ZiL: Zavod imeni Likhachova, or the Likhachov Plant, a major Russian automotive manufacturer based in the city Moscow.