ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare

BRI Belt and Road Initiative

CCF Chinese Communist Forces, or PLA

CHINCOM Chinese Communists; Chinese Committee

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

CinCPac Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Command

CinCPacFlt Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet

CNAF Chinese Nationalist Air Force

CNO Chief of Naval Operations

CO Commanding Officer

COCOM Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls

DDC Dachen Defense Command

DDCAT Dachen Defense Command Advisory Team

DOD Department of Defense

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone

GIMO Generalissimo

GNP Gross National Product

GRC Government of the Republic of China

JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff

LCM Landing Craft Mechanized

LST Landing Ship, Tank

MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group

NDB Nuclear Depth Bomb

NGRC Nationalist Government of the Republic of China

NHHC Naval History and Heritage Command

NSC National Security Council

NWC Naval War College

ONI Office of Naval Intelligence

PLA People’s Liberation Army

PLAAF People’s Liberation Army Air Force

PLAN People’s Liberation Army Navy

PRC People’s Republic of China

R&D Research and Development

RCN Republic of China Navy

ROC Republic of China

ROE Rules of Engagement

SAR Search-and-Rescue

SLOC Sea line of communication

SRBM Short-Range Ballistic Missile

TAA Taiwan Assurance Act

TRA Taiwan Relations Act

UN United Nations

USN United States Navy

USTDC United States Taiwan Defense Command

WEI Western Enterprises Incorporated

ZPG Zhejiang Provincial Government