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Retiring Trident :: Acronyms used in this paper AAR AB ABM AD AEW AEW&C ALCM AIP ARBS AWACS AWE B53 B61 Air to Air Refuelling Airbase Anti-Ballistic Missile (System) Air Defence Airborne Early Warning Airborne Early Warning and Control Air-Launched Cruise Missile Air Independent Propulsion for non-nuclear powered submarines. Air Refuelling Boom System Airborne Warning And Control System (UK Boeing E-3D Sentry) Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Berkshire, UK US free-fall 9Mt unguided thermonuclear bomb designed for attacking heavily fortified buried targets; replaced by B61-11. Last weapon disassembled October 2011 US tactical variable-yield thermonuclear free-fall bomb family deployed on US and NATO Dual-Capable Aircraft (DCA). By 2025, B61-11 and B61-12 will be the only B61 variants in service B61-3 B61 Mod 3: Variable-yield (0.3kt/1.5kt/60kt/170kt) US thermonuclear free-fall bomb. Currently deployed as part of the NATO nuclear-sharing programme. To be replaced by B61-12 B61-4 B61 Mod 4: Variable-yield (0.3kt/1.5kt/10kt/45kt) US thermonuclear free-fall bomb. Currently deployed as part of the NATO nuclear-sharing programme. To be replaced by B61-12 B61-7 B61 Mod 7: 360kt US thermonuclear free-fall bomb. To be replaced by B61-12 B61-11 B61 Mod 11: Ground-penetrating 440kt US thermonuclear free-fall bomb which replaced 9Mt yield B53 in the heavily buried target role B61-12 B61 Mod 12: Precision-guided replacement variable-yield (0.3kt/1.5kt/10kt/50kt) US thermonuclear free-fall bomb using the warhead of B61-4 to replace B61-3, B61-4 and B61-7 in US and NATO DCA service BASIC BIOT C2 CASD CATOBAR British-American Security Information Council British Indian Ocean Territory Command and Control Continuous At-Sea Deterrence Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Landing 9
Retiring Trident COMAO CTOL CEP COD DoD DCA DPRK ELF ELINT EU EUCOM Composite Air Operation Conventional Take-Off and Landing Circular Error Probable Carrier On-board Delivery (CATOBAR carrier-capable cargo aircraft). US Department of Defense Dual Capable Aircraft; an aircraft capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) European Liberal Forum Electronic Intelligence European Union US European Command F-35A F-35B F-35C FAA FOB FOC Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF family Short Take-Off / Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF family Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Landing (CATOBAR) variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF family for use on conventional aircraft carriers Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Navy’s aviation branch Forward Operating Base Full Operational Capability FY US Fiscal Year, running from October 1 – September 30. GPS HAS HMNB HMS IAEA ICBM IDS IOC IRBM ISD ISIL JDAM Global Positioning System Hardened Aircraft Shelter(s) Her Majesty’s Naval Base Her Majesty’s Ship International Atomic Energy Agency Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Interdictor / Strike Initial Operational Capability Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile In-Service Date Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Joint Direct Attack Munition, a GPS-guidance kit to allow unguided bombs to be GPS guided. 10
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