WMD ACRONYMS

JOHN CIRINCIONE, Carnegie Non-proliferation Project, 2000, REPAIRING THE REGIME, "The international non-proliferation regime" // VT2002 acs p. 315-316

ABM Antiballistic Missile

ACRS Arms Control Regional Security Group

ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations

BW Biological Weapons

BWC Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

CBW Chemical and Biological Weapons

CD United Nations Conference on Disarmament

CFE Conventional Forces in Europe

CTBT Cooperative Test Ban Treaty

CW Chemical Weapons

CWC Chemical Weapons Convention

DOD U.S. Department of Defense

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

FMCT Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty

GA General Assembly

GDR Global Depository Receipts

HEU Highly Enriched Uranium

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

IDB Islamic Development Bank

IFI(s) International Financial Institution(s)

IMF International Monetary Fund

INF Intermediate Nuclear Forces

IPP Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention

IRBM Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile

ISTC International Science and Technology Center

LEU Low-Enriched Uranium

MIRV Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicle

MOD Ministry of Defense (UK)

MOX Mixed Oxide Fuel

MPC&A Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting

MRBM Medium-Range Ballistic Missile

MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime

NAC New Agenda Coalition

NAS National Academy of Sciences

NCA National Command Authority

NCI Nuclear Cities Initiative

NGO Nongovernmental Organization

NMD National Missile Defense

NPT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group

NWS Nuclear-Weapon State

OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation

SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

SLV Space Launch Vehicle

SSBN Strategic Nuclear Submarine

START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

TLE Treaty-Limited Equipment

TMD Theater Missile Defense

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNGA United Nations General Assembly

UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission on Iraq

USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

USEC United States Enrichment Corporation

WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction