by Dale Brown
in the Soviet Union and used extensively by many Soviet client countries
ROE Rules of Engagement, the set of orders briefed to military personnel
(usually fighter pilots) on when they may attack enemy forces; designed
so that commanders may have strict control of a situation at all times,
but also to provide maximum protection for crew members on the scene
RON-Remain Overnight; usually referring to an unplanned diversion RPG
rocketpropelled grenade, usually an antitank weapon carried by infantry
RTB-Return To Base 5A-2-Soviet long-range surface-to-air missile system;
older system, capable only against high-altitude targets 5A-I1-Soviet
medium-range, high-performance surface-to-air missile system
SAC-Strategic Air Command, primary long-range air offensive military
organization in the United States, responsible for land-based strategic
bombers, long-range land-based nuclear missiles, aerial refueling
tankers, and long-range strategic reconnaissance and communications
aircraft SATCOM-Satellite Communications System, the U.S. Air Force's
primary satellite communications system SCARAB-(F), Self Contained Air
Relocatable Alert Booster, a highly transportable small space booster
system designed to quickly launch lightweight satellites into Earth
orbit from any location Sea Ray-small, inexpensive air-launched antiship
missile, usually carried by helicopters based on naval vessels SECDEF
Secretary of Defense, a member of the President's Cabinet who makes the
day-to-day decisions in all defense matters Shuihong-principal Chinese
amphibious patrol and attack aircraft 510P-Single Integrated Operations
Plan, the multi-service attack plan for all American military forces for
the conduct of a strategic nuclear war SITREP-Situation Report; usually
refers to a request for a quick summary of a battle or the status of
forces involved in a battle SLAM-Standoff Land Attack Missile, the
TV-guided version of the AGM-84 Harpoon missile SM-2-Standard Missile,
the primary surface-to-air missile on large Navy warships SMFD~uper
Multi Function Display, a large aircraft instrument computer display
that presents flight information in a pictorial icon-based format
instead of alphanumerics SPACECOM-Space Command, the Air Force major
command responsible for all military space activities SPO-Senior Project
Officer, the director of a particular weapon-development project Spratly
Islands-a chain of small islands, atolls, and coral reefs in the South
China Sea between the Philippines and Vietnam, long contested by several
nations because of its strategic position and because of its natural
resources SPY-I-primary three-dimensional radar system of the Aegis
battle group air-defense system SR-71-"Blackbird" strategic
reconnaissance aircraft, the fastest airbreathing manned aircraft ever
built; retired in 1989 from the Strategic Air Command SRAM-Short Range
Attack Missile, a nuclear-armed inertially guided attack missile carried
by B-52, B-I, FB-111A, and B-2 bombers 55-25-Primary Soviet-made
nuclear-armed mobile intercontinental ballistic missile START Strategic
Arms Reduction Treaty, a proposed treaty between the U.S. and the USSR
to limit the number of long-range strategic nuclear weapons by both
sides STRATFOR-Strategic Forces group, a team of Strategic Air Command
commanders deployed ahead of a combat group to establish a headquarters
team and set up support operations for combat aircraft STRC-Strategic
Training Range Complex, an extensive series of lowlevel navigation
corridors, radar bomb-scoring sites, live bombing ranges, and
fighter-intercept exercise areas in the north-central United States,
operated by the Strategic Air Command for bomber aircrew training ST
Shuttle Transportation System, the official name of the Space Shuttle
program sugar pills Doughnuts, rolls, and other such snacks TACIT
RAINBOW-AGM-136 antiradar cruise missile designed by Northrop Ventura
Corporation; seeks out and destroys enemy radar sites from as far as
fifty miles; if the enemy radar shuts off, it can orbit the area until
the radar is reactivated, at which time it will home in and destroy it.
Tank-nickname for the main Joint Chiefs of Staff conference room; also
called the "Gold Room" TC Telescopic Camera System, the long-range
optical sight used on F-14 Tomcat fighters to identify enemy aircraft
from beyond unaided visual range TDRS-Tracking and Data Relay System, a
series of satellites used to relay information from spacecraft to
ground-control facilities without using other Earth stations; provides
continuous and rapid data exchange for spacecraft TDY-temporary duty,
usually referring to military assignments lasting less than 180 days
Tomahawk-long-range, very accurate attack cruise missile; can be
launched by submarines or naval vessels, and can carry a variety of
warheads including nuclear, antiship, land attack, antirunway, or
antipersonnel mines Type EF5 guided missile destroyer-new class of
primary Chinese heavy warships UHF-ultra-high-frequency; primary
line-of-sight radio frequency band UNIDO-United Nationalist Democratic
Organization, the principal political party in the Philippines organized
to oppose the Marcos regime; placed in power in 1986 VFR-Visual Flight
Rules; good-weather flight rules VLT Vertical Launch System, the current
standard Navy missilelaunch system, which uses a large box of missile
cells instead of rotary missile storage magazines and which fires its
missiles straight up instead of on rails VPVO, VIPVO-Voyska
Protivovozdushnoy Oborony, the Troops of Air Defense of the Soviet
Union; here referring to the complex of fixed and mobile simulated enemy
radar threat sites in the Strategic Training Range Complex operated by
the Strategic Air Command to train bomber crews WSO-Weapon Systems
Officer, the navigator-bombardier on most tactical bomber aircraft such
as the F-4, A-6, F-I 11, etc. ZSU-23-4-mobile air-defense gun unit built
in the Soviet Union and used all over the world, consisting of four
rapid-firing radar-guided 23-millimeter cannons; deadly to all aircraft
which come within range Zuni-standard unguided attack rocket carried by
tactical fighter attack aircraft
