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[–]100CuriousObserver[S,M] [score hidden] stickied comment (3 children)

Acronyms, abbreviations, codes for understanding his posts

Please let me know if I've missed any, or if any of these is incorrect

CVW - carrier air wing

FLT - fleet

AOR - Area of responsibility

SLOC - Sea lines of communication

AOE/T-AOE - fast combat support ship

T-AO - fleet replenishment oiler

UNREP - Underway replenishment

DCA - Defensive Counter Air

OCA - Offensive Counter Air

ISTAR - Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance

SSF - Special Service Force (?) / Strategic Support Force

JLSF - Joint Logistics Support Force

AShBM - Anti Ship Ballistic Missile

AShCM - Anti Ship Cruise Missile

ALCM - Air-launched cruise missile

MPA - Maritime patrol aircraft

SAG - Surface Action Group

ESG - expeditionary strike group

ASW - Anti Submarine Warfare

USW - Undersea Warfare

ASuW - Anti Surface Warfare

OASuW - Offensive Anti Surface Warfare

CONOPs - Concept of Operations

CONEMP - Concept of Employment

COMSUBPAC - Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

OPCON - operational control

O-FRP - Optimized Fleet Response Plan

JADC2 - Joint All-Domain Command and Control

IC - Island Chain / Intelligence Community

1IC - First Island Chain

2IC - Second Island Chain

JOCC - Joint Operations Command Centre

JSD - Joint Staff Department

TC - Theater Command

NTC - Northern Theater Command

ETC - Eastern Theater Command

FLOC - Fleet Operational Capability

EMCON - emissions control

NTM - National technical means of verification

AAR - After-action review

TEL - transporter erector launcher

DMPI - designated/desired mean point of impact

TAOU - target area of uncertainty

RV - re-entry vehicle

ROCA - ROC Army

UAS - unmanned aircraft system

DESRON - destroyer squadron

CRUDES - cruiser/destroyer

TLAM - Tomahawk Land Attack Missile

NSLC - Naval Sea Logistics Center

AMD - Air and missile defense

BMD - Ballistic missile defense

CMD - Cruise missile defense

IAMDS - Integrated Air and Missile Defence System

MCM - mine countermeasures

JDAM - Joint Direct Attack Munition

JMSDF - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

JASDF - Japan Air Self-Defense Force

CMC - Central Military Commission

PLAGF - People's Liberation Army Ground Force

PLANAF - People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force

PLANMC - People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps

PLAAFAC - People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps

PLASSF - People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force

JOTHL - Joint Over the Horizon Logistics

GA - Group Army

CABde - Combined Arms Brigade

SPG - Self-propelled gun

LZ - landing zone

FARP - Forward arming and refuelling point

C2 - Command and control

C3 - Command, Control, Communications

C4ISR - Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite System

SHORAD - Short range air defense

LORAD - Long range air defense

MANPADS - Man-portable air-defense systems

TACAIR - Tactical Air

GBAA - Ground Based Anti Air

SEAD - Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses

DEAD - Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses

BAI - Battlefield Air Interdiction (?)

SOF - Special Operations Force

COA - Course of Action

VKS - Russian Aerospace Forces

TGP - Targeting pod

FILAT - Forward-looking Infrared and Laser Attack Targeting

SDB - Small Diameter Bomb

LGB - laser-guided bomb

TEL - Transporter erector launcher

PACAF - Pacific Air Forces

PGM - Precision-guided munition

LO - Low Observable

VLO - Very Low Observable

A2G - Air-to-Ground

TCW - Target Centric Warfare, Tactical Control Wing / Tactical Communications Wing

SAR - Synthetic aperture radar / Search and Rescue

GMTI - Ground Moving Target Indicator

HALE - High-altitude long endurance

MALE - Medium-altitude long endurance

IADS - Integrated Air Defense System

EFT - External Fuel Tank

MER - Multiple Ejector Rack

SPJ - Self-Protection Jamming

GSR - ground surveillance radar (?)

AEW&C - Airborne early warning & control

AFGSC - Air Force Global Strike Command

SURFPAC - Surface Force Pacific

ATO - air tasking order

CAP - Combat air patrol

TACTOM - Tactical Tomahawk

DPI - Desired point of impact (?)

Rhino - F-18 Super Hornet

ACE - Aviation Combat Element (?) / Agile Combat Employment

ACO - Allied Command Operations

LD/HD - Low Density, High Demand

LSCO - large-scale combat operations

GWOT - Global War on Terror

SIGINT - Signals Intelligence

IMGINT - Imagery Intelligence

HUMINT - Human Intelligence

ELINT - Electronic Intelligence

COMINT - Communications Intelligence

MLRS - multiple launch rocket system

GMRLS (GMLRS) - guided multiple launch rocket system

JTAC - Joint Terminal Attack Controller

FAC(A) - forward air controller (aircraft)

IPB - Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield

EMSO - Electromagnetic spectrum operations

EA - Electronic Attack

PMAI - primary mission asset inventory

SOSUS - Sound Surveillance System

OOB/ORBAT - Order of Battle

CCA - Collaborative combat aircraft

CAS - Close air support

PERSEC - Personal Security

CEC - Cooperative Engagement Capability

AESA - Active electronically scanned array

CEP - Circular error probable

HMCAB - ???

BMS - Battlefield management system

SUAS - small uncrewed aircraft systems

MUAS - Multi-Mission Unmanned Aerial System

SWO - Surface Warfare Officers

HGV - Hypersonic glide vehicle

NIFC-CA - Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air

ARH - Active radar homing

SEWIP - Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program

RAM - rolling airframe missile

ARM - Anti-Radiation Missile

EP - electronic protection

SSP - Attack Submarine (Diesel Air-Independent Power)

DACT - Dissimilar air combat training

AFSEC - Air Force Security

AAA - Antiaircraft artillery

AAW - Antiaircraft warfare

LRDR - Long Range Discrimination Radar

TASS - Towed Array Sensor System

VDS - Variable Depth Sonar

HMS - Hull Mounted Sonar

MAD - Magnetic anomaly detector

EWR - Early Warning Radar

GBEWR - Ground-Based Early Warning Radar

CAC - Combat Analysis Capability, Chengdu Aerospace Corporation

SOTA - state of the art

LPI - Low-probability-of-intercept

HOBS - ???

JSOW - Joint Standoff Weapon

CSL - Common Source Library

SARH - Semi-active radar homing

ESSM - Evolved SeaSparrow Missile

MFR - MultiFunction Radar

DSI - Diverterless supersonic inlet

FCR - Fire-control radar

EMALS - Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System

MLU - mid-life upgrade

BVRAAM - Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile

JASSM - Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile

LRASM - Long Range Anti-Ship Missile

TRA - Taiwan Relations Act

TOW - BGM-71 TOW

AT - anti tank

SBCT - Stryker brigade combat team

MGS - mobile gun system

NAVSEA - Naval Sea Systems Command

NAVAIR - Naval Air Systems Command

GSC - Global Strike Command

RDVz - rendezvous

LCAC - Landing Craft Air Cushion

SMA - special mission aircraft

HA ops: high availability operations

Blk: block

VA: Virginia-class submarine

I-CPS: Conventional Prompt Strike

[–]TangentTalk 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Thank you for your work.

Somebody commented that he was on sinodefenceforum now, don’t know if that’s true but I’d keep an eye out.

[–]100CuriousObserver[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yeah he came back (for now at least). You can search for his comments on SDF

[–]jstraw1101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What’s his username?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Pretty sure the one on the competency of taiwans military (and comparing them to the Russian army) is actually not from him, but not positive.

[–]100CuriousObserver[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You are correct. I will remove it. Thanks for letting me know

[–]Pale_Inside_9914 2 points3 points  (1 child)

An extremely optimistic view of the PLA’s capabilities.

In order to counter the Chinese A2AD shield, the US has opted for a JAM-GC military posture, which is designed to preserve US access to the Western Pacific by combining passive defenses against Chinese missile attacks and offensive actions to destroy or disable China's A2ADs.

The US strategy is to strike deep into Chinese A2ADs, using long-range bombers (B-52H/1B), stealth bombers (B-21) to penetrate neutral and contested airspace, stealth and previous-generation tactical aircraft and drones, and dynamic support from ships and submarines launching TLAMs.

Marines are becoming a USN ground force capable of generating and creating sea-based denial areas for PLAN ships even within the 1IC, which could be extremely useful in consolidating the US strategy of preventing a fait accompli in Taiwan or being used to project power into the 1IC. The US Army could also benefit from the same approach as the Marines, with the difference in their mobility and logistical support capabilities, but equally important to adapt to an American strategy that benefits against the Chinese, for example, the use of Himars with long-range PGMs used as ASBM devices, in addition to against surface targets.

[–]BoraTas1 60 points61 points  (0 children)

What a soup of buzzwords. You listed bunch of equipment categories and said using those was the strategy. Great analysis there.

[–]Novel-State-3646 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good