General Sir John Hackett,
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough,
Sir Bernard Burrows,
Brigadier Kenneth Hunt,
Vice-Admiral Sir Ian McGeoch,
Norman Macrae,
Major-General John Strawson
The Third World War: August 1985
Abbreviations
AAFCE Allied Air Forces Central Europe
A/C aircraft
ACLANT Allied Command Atlantic
ADP automatic data processing
AEW airborne early warning
AFCENT Allied Forces Central Europe
AFNORTH Allied Forces Northern Europe
AFSOUTH Allied Forces Southern Europe
AFV armoured fighting vehicle(s)
AIRCENT Allied Air Forces Central Europe
AIRSOUTH Allied Air Forces Southern Europe
ALCM air-launched cruise missile(s)
AOC Air Officer Commanding
AOC-in-C Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
APC armoured personnel-carrier(s)
A/S anti-submarine
ASW anti-submarine warfare
ATAF Allied Tactical Air Force
ATGW anti-tank guided weapon(s)
AWACS airborne warning and control system
BAOR British Army of the Rhine
BMEWS ballistic missile early warning system
BMP
BREMCO Branscombe Emergency Committee
BREMPLAN Branscombe Emergency Plan
CAP combat air patrol(s)
CASPA Confederation of Africa South People’s Army
CD Civil Defence
CDU Christian Democratic Union
CENTAG Central Army Group
CINCHAN Commander-in-Chief, Channel
CINCENT Commander-in-Chief, Central Region
CINCNORTH Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe
CINCSOUTH Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe
CINCUKAIR Commander-in-Chief, United Kingdom Air Forces
CLGP cannon-launched guided projectile
COMAAFCE Commander Allied Air Forces Central Europe
COMBALTAP Commander Allied Forces Baltic Approaches
COMCENTAG Commander Central Army Group
COMNORTHAG Commander Northern Army Group
COMWAS Commander Western Approaches South
CPR Chinese People’s Republic
CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union
DEW distant early warning
DF direction-finding
EASTLANT Eastern Atlantic
ECM electronic counter-measures
ECCM electronic counter-counter- measures
ELINT electronic intelligence
EMP electro-magnetic pulse
ENG electronic newsgathering
EUROSAM European surface-to-air missile(s)
FEBA forward edge of the battle area
FLEETSATCOM Fleet satellite communications
FNLA Angolan National Liberation Front
FOSMEF Flag Officer Soviet Middle East Forces
FPB fast patrol boat(s)
FRELIMO Mozambique Liberation Front
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
FUMO Mozambique United Front
GAF German Air Force
GDR/DDR German Democratic Republic/Deutsche Demokratische Republik
GLCM ground-launched cruise missile(s)
GNP gross national product
GS General Staff
GSFG Group of Soviet Forces in Germany Group
HDG Home Defence Groups (of the Federal German Territorial Army)
HE high-explosive
I (or INT) Intelligence
ICBM inter-continental ballistic missile(s)
IRBM intermediate-range ballistic missile(s)
IRR Individual Ready Reserve
JACWA Joint Allied Command Western Approaches
JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
LSI large-scale integration
MBFR mutual and balanced force reductions
MICV Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle(s)
MPLA Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
MR maritime reconnaissance
MRBM medium-range ballistic missile(s)
MRCA multi-role combat aircraft
MSI medium-scale integration
MT megaton
MTLB (Soviet universal combat vehicle)
