Exit Plan (69 page)

MGK-400 Rubikon
—Sonar suite on Russian Project 877 Kilo-class submarines

NAVSEA
—Naval Sea Systems Command

NAVSPECWARCOM—
Naval Special Warfare Command

NGA
—National Geospatial Agency

NIC
—National Intelligence Counsel

NIE—National Intelligence Estimate

NIO—National Intelligence Officer

NOFORN
—Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals

NSA
—National Security Agency

OIC
—Officer in Charge

ONI
—Office of Naval Intelligence

OOD
—Officer of the Deck

PKM
—Russian 7.62mm light machine gun. In Russian, it stands for “Pulemyot

Kalashnikova. Modernizirovanny” and is translated into English as “Kalashnikov’s Machinegun Modernized.”

PNG
—Persona Non Grata

POTUS
—President of the United States

Pu-239
—Plutonium 239

RIB
—Rigid Inflatable Boat

Rivet Joint
—RC-135 signals intelligence aircraft

RPG
—Rocket Propelled Grenade (slang). In Russian, it stands for “Ruchnoy

Protivotankovy Granatomyot” and is translated into English as “handheld antitank grenade-launcher.”

S8G
—Submarine, 8
^th
generation reactor, produced by General Electric. Reactor

plant fitted in Ohio-class ballistic missile and cruise missile submarines.

SAM
—Surface-to-Air Missile

SATCOM
—Satellite Communications

SAVAK
—National Intelligence and Security Organization. In Farsi, it stands for

“Sazeman-e Ettela’at va Amniyat-e Keshvar.”

SCAR
—Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle

SDV
—Swimmer Delivery Vehicle

SEAL
—Sea, Air, Land, U.S. Navy Special Forces

SECDEF
—Secretary of Defense

Sierra
—A U.S. Navy designation indicating that a contact was detected and

being tracked by a sonar system.

SIGINT
—Signals Intelligence

SM-3—
Standard Missile 3, U.S. Navy ballistic missile defense system

SOCOM
—Special Operations Command

SOF
—Special Operations Forces

SSBN
—Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine

SSGN
—Nuclear Powered Cruise Missile Submarine

Thobe
—Arabic for garment. Generally a long tunic worn by men.

TWCC
—Tomahawk Weapons Control Center

UAV
—Unmanned Air Vehicle

U-235
—Uranium 235

U-238
—Uranium 238

VEVAK
—Ministry of Intelligence and National Security. In Farsi, “Vezarat-e

Ettela’at va Amniyat-e Keshvar.”

VFA
—Naval Strike Fighter Squadron

VIP
—Very Important Person

VTC
—Video Teleconference

WINPAC
—Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Center in

CIA

WMD
—Weapons of Mass Destruction

XO—Executive Officer

Zodiac
—aka Z-bird, type of combat rubber raiding craft

Zula
—Military designation that indicates a time is in reference to Greenwich

Mean Time (GMT) or Universal Time.