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GLOSSARY

AFLC:Air Force Logistics Command
AFRC/CGC:Armed Forces Reserve Command/Coast Guard Command (mata: Military Mobilization & Coastal Garrison Command)
ALC:Army Logistics Command
AFU:Armed Forces University
AIDC:Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation
ARL:Aeronautical Research Laboratory (CSIST)
ASWDC:Anti-Submarine Warfare Development Command (ROC Navy)
BMC4I:Battle Management C4I
C4I(SR):Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance
CAB:Combined Arms Brigade
CCK:Ching-Chuan Kang AFB
CGS:Chief of General Staff
CSBC:China ShipBuilding Corporation
CSF:Combined Services Force
CSIST:Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology
ECM:Electronic Counter Measures
ESM:Electronic Support Measures
EW:Electronic Warfare
GPWD:General Political Warfare Department (mata: Main Political Warfare Directorate)
HF-1:Hsiung Feng-1 (Brave Wind I) anti-ship missile
HF-2:Hsiung Feng-2 (Brave Wind II) anti-ship missile
IW:Information Warfare
Jia Shan:Jia Shan Air Base (outside Hualien, eastern Taiwan)
JTC:Joint Training Center (Hengchuen, Pingtung Prefecture)
JPMR:Jiu Peng Missile Range (southeastern coast, Pingtung Prefecture)
KF-4:Kung Feng-4 (Worker Bee IV) multiple rocket launcher
KF-6:Kung Feng-6 (Worker Bee VI) multiple rocket launcher
Kinmen:Modern-day name for Quemoy
LT-2000:LeiTing-2000 (Thunderbolt-2000) multiple launch rocket system
Matzu:Modern-day name for Pescadores
MND/GS:Ministry of National Defense/General Staff
MND:Ministry of National Defense
MPC:Military Police Command
MPB:Military Procurement Bureau (Ministry of National Defense)
NLC:Navy Logistics Command
NSDC:Naval Ship(building) Development Center
ORC:Ordnance Refurbishment Center (ROC Army)
OTETDC:Operational Testing, Evaluation & Tactical Development Center (ROCAF)
PLA:People's Liberation Army
PLA-AF:People's Liberation Army-Air Force
PLA-N:People's Liberation Army-Navy
PLA-SA:People's Liberation Army-Second Artillery
PMO:Procurement Management Office
PRC:People's Republic of China
ROCA:Republic of China Army
ROCAF:Republic of China Air Force
ROCMC:Republic of China Marine Corps.
ROCN:Republic of China Navy
Ta-Chen:"Grand Conglomeration", the ROCN C3I/datalink system
TC-1:Tien Chien-1 (Sky Sword I) short-range air-to-air missile
TC-2:Tien Chien-2 (Sky Sword II) medium-range air-to-air missile
TK-1:Tien Kung-1 (Sky Bow I) surface-to-air missile
TK-2:Tien Kung-2 (Sky Bow II) surface-to-air missile
Tsoying:Main ROCN base (suburban Kaoshiung, southern Taiwan)
WS:Wan Siang (Omni House), CSIST underwater weapons laboratory
mata: more appropriately translated as

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