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[ 276 ] Glossary<br />

JSTARS Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System<br />

LIC Low-Intensity Conflict<br />

Lightsats Small satellites<br />

LISP LISt Processing. A computer language mainly used in AI research.<br />

LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide. A powerful hallucinogen.<br />

LRRPs Long Range Reconnaissance Platoon members, pronounced "Lurps."<br />

MAD Mutual Assured Destruction or Magnetic Anomaly Detection system<br />

MADDIDA Magnetic Drum Digital Differential Analyzer<br />

MACIPS Military Airlift Command Information Processing System<br />

MANPRINT Manpower and Personnel Integration<br />

MAPP Modern Age Planning Program<br />

MASH Mobile Army Service Hospital<br />

Milsat Military satellite<br />

MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br />

Mflips Milliflips. Thousands of flip-flops per second.<br />

MOSAIC Ministry of Supply Automatic Integrator and Computer<br />

NAREC National Cash Register Electronic Calculator<br />

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration<br />

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization<br />

NBC National Broadcasting Company or Nuclear Biological Chemical, as in<br />

weapons<br />

NCI National Counter-narcotics Institute<br />

NFL National Football League<br />

NSA National Security Agency<br />

OA Operations Analysis<br />

ODS Net Operation Desert Storm network<br />

ONR Office of Navel Research. Agency in the U.S. Navy that funds much applied<br />

and other research.<br />

OOTW Operations Other Than War<br />

OR Operations, or Operational, Research<br />

ORSA Operations Research Society of America<br />

OSS Office of Strategic Services. The World War II precursor to the CIA.<br />

Project RAND See RAND.<br />

Project SCOOP See SCOOP<br />

PSYOPS Psychological operations<br />

RAF Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom<br />

RAND Research and Development. Originally Project RAND. A civilian agency<br />

to perform OR and other research on military problems. Named by Arthur<br />

Raymond. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Established by Army<br />

Air Force Contract on March 1, 1946.<br />

Recon Reconnaissance<br />

R&D Research and Development<br />

RD&A Research, Development, and Acquisitions<br />

RMA Revolution in Military Affairs<br />

RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicle<br />

RSAS RAND Strategy Assessment System

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