The Moscow Offensive

Weapons and Acronyms

96L6E — Russian surface-to-air missile search radar

AH-64D Apache — U.S. Army attack helicopter

AIM-120 — radar-guided air-to-air missile

AK-400 — Russian assault rifle

ALQ-293 — American advanced electronic warfare system (SPEAR)

APC — armored personnel carrier

AT-4 — Russian antitank rocket

B-1B Lancer — U.S. Air Force strategic heavy bomber

B-21 Raider — U.S. Air Force next-generation stealth bomber

B-2A Spirit — U.S. Air Force strategic stealth heavy bomber

B-52H Stratofortress — U.S. Air Force strategic heavy bomber

BMP-1, BTR-82 — Russian armored personnel carriers

C-17 Globemaster III — U.S. Air Force heavy-cargo aircraft

CH-47 Chinook — U.S. Army heavy-lift cargo helicopter

CID — Cybernetic Infantry Device, manned combat robot

CIWS — Close-in Weapon System, U.S. Navy ship defensive weapon

CO — Commanding Officer

DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Defense Department agency developing new military technology

DEFCON — Defense readiness Condition

DTF — digital terrain following

E-2C Hawkeye — U.S. Navy carrier-borne radar surveillance and control plane

E-3 Sentry — U.S. Air Force radar surveillance and control plane

E-4B — U.S. Air Force National Airborne Operations Center, flying command post

E-8 JSTARS — Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, U.S. Air Force ground surveillance radar aircraft

F-15 — U.S. Air Force air dominance fighter aircraft

F-15E Strike Eagle — U.S. Air Force tactical bombing and fighter aircraft

F-16 Fighting Falcon — U.S. Air Force multirole tactical fighter

F-22 Raptor — U.S. Air Force fifth-generation stealth air dominance fighter aircraft

F-35 Lightning II — American multiservice fifth-generation multirole tactical fighter aircraft

F-4 — American multirole tactical fighter aircraft

FAA — American Federal Aviation Administration

FSB — Russian Federal Security Bureau (formerly KGB)

FXR — Francis Xavier Regan, multinational business mogul

Glock 22 — Austrian .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol

GLONASS — Global Navigation Satellite System, Russian space-based satellite navigation system

GPS — Global Positioning System, American satellite navigation system

Groza-4 — Russian Special Forces assault rifle

GRU — Glavnoye razvedyvatel’noye upravleniye, Russian military intelligence

GSH-30-1 — Russian heavy rapid-fire cannon

Hellfire missile — American air-to-ground laser- and radar-guided attack missile

HH-60G — U.S. Air Force special operations helicopter

HUD — heads-up display; displays flight and weapon information in front of the pilot

Huey — nickname of the American UH-1 Iroquois utility helicopter

HUMINT — Human Intelligence

IR — infrared

JAS 39 — Swedish-designed multirole tactical fighter

Kh-35UE — Russian air-to-ground attack missile

klicks — kilometers

KVM — Kiberneticheskiye Voyennyye Mashiny, Russian manned combat robot

LEAF — Life Enhancing Assistive Facility, robotic life-support system

LED — Light Emitting Diode, advanced lighting system

LZ — Landing Zone

M1911A1 — American .45-caliber pistol

M1A1 — U.S. Army main battle tank

M-60 — U.S. Army main battle tank

MFD — Multi Function Display, electronic information system

MP7 submachine gun — German-made compact personal defense weapon

MQ-55 — American unmanned combat aerial vehicle

MRAP — Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, American heavy armored personnel carrier

NEXRAD — Next Generation Radar, American weather radar system

NSA — National Security Agency, American global electronic surveillance agency

NSC — National Security Council, American national defense and foreign policy group

PR — public relations

PSS — Russian silent pistol

PZL SW-4 — Polish light utility helicopter

RKU — Razresheniye Konfliktov Uslugi, Russian mercenary group

RP — reporting point; also rendezvous point

RPG — rocket-propelled grenade

S-19 Midnight — American single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane

S-300 SAM — Russian surface-to-air antiaircraft missile

S-400 TRIUMF — advanced Russian surface-to-air antiaircraft missile

SAM — surface-to-air missile

SOCAL — Southern California Air Route Traffic Control Center, American air-traffic-control agency

SOCOM — Special Operations Command, American military special operations headquarters

SPEAR — Self-Protection Electronically Agile Reaction, American advanced electronic warfare system

Spetsnaz — abbreviation for Voyska Spetsialnogo Naznacheniya, Russian special forces

Spike — Israeli antitank missile

Stinger — American shoulder-fired antiaircraft missile

STOL — Short Takeoff and Landing

Su-27 — Russian multirole tactical fighter

Su-34 — Russian tactical bomber

Su-35 — Russian multirole tactical fighter

Su-50 — Russian advanced air superiority fighter

SUV — sport utility vehicle

T-72 — Russian main battle tank

T-90 — Russian advanced main battle tank

Tu-160 Blackjack — Russian advanced supersonic strategic bomber

Tu-22M-3 Backfire — Russian supersonic strategic bomber

Tu-95 Bear — Russian strategic bomber

UAZ-3163 Patriot — Russian SUV

Udav — Russian 9mm pistol

UH-60 Black Hawk — U.S. Army medium utility helicopter

V-22 — American tilt-rotor aircraft

VC-25B — U.S. Air Force highly modified version of the Boeing 747-200B, known as Air Force One when the U.S. president is aboard

VH-92A — U.S. Marine Corps VIP transport helicopter, known as Marine One when the U.S. president is aboard

Walther P99 — German-made 9mm semiautomatic pistol

XB-1F Excalibur — American optionally manned modified B-1B Lancer strategic bomber

XCV-62 Ranger — American experimental tilt-rotor transport aircraft

XF-111 SuperVark — American optionally manned modified F-111 strategic bomber

XV-40 Sparrowhawk — American experimental unmanned tilt-rotor aircraft