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B
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BAC
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Broad Area Coverage
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BADD
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Battlefield Assessment & Data Dissemination
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BAI
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Battlefield Air Interdiction
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BAMCIS
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Begin Planning, Arrange for a Reconnaissance, Make a Reconnaissance,
Complete the Plan, Issue the Order, Supervise
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Bandit
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Unknown Enemy Acft
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BAO
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Basic Attack Option (Russian)
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BAS
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Battalion Aid Station
Battlefield Automated System(s)
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BASS
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Battlefield Surveillance System
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BB
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Battle Ship
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B2C2
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Brigade and Below Command and Control System
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BBN
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Broadband Noise
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BBV
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Box-Bodied Vehicle (Russian)
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BCA
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Broadcast Control Authority
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BCIS
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Battlefield Combat Identification System
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BCP
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Bunkered Command Post
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BCS
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Broadcast Control Station
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BCT
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Battlefield Computer Terminal
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BCTP
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Battlefield Commander's Training Program (Army)
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BD
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Baud
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BDA
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Battle Damage Assessment
Bomb Damage Assessment
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BDCST
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Broadcast
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BDE
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Brigade
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BDM
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Boyevaya Desantnkia Mashina (Airborne Combat Vehicle CIS)
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BE
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Basic Encyclopedia
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BER
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Bit Error Rate
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BFA
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Battlefield Functional Area
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BFACS
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Battlefield Functional Area Control System
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BFE
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BLACKER Front End
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BFO
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Beat Frequency Oscillator
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BG
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Battle Group
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BGIXS
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Battle Group Information Exchange System
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BGPHES
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Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension System
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BH
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Busy Hour
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BICC
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Battlefield Information Coordination Center
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BICES
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Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System (NATO)
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BIIB
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Basic Imagery Interpretation Brief
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BIIR/DSIIR
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Basic Image Interpretation Report/Direct Support Imagery InterpretationReport
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BIMS
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Battlefield Information Management System
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BINGO
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Fuel Required for A/C - Return to Base
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BINOCULAR
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NSA Broadcast
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BIPS
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Billion Instructions Per Second
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BIRS
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Battlefield Information Reporting System
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BIS
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Baseline Intelligence Summary
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B-ISDN
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Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
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BIST
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Built-In Self-Test
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BIT
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Built-in Test
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BITE
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Built-In Test Equipment
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BIU
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Bus Interface Unit
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BKS
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Broadcast Keying Station
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BLA
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Battlelab Assessment
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BLC
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Battalion Language Coordinator
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BLII
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Base Level Information Infrastructure
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BLOS
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Beyond Line-of-Sight
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BLT
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Battalion Landing Team
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BLW
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Battlefield Laser Weapon
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BMC
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Battle Management Cell
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BMC4I
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Battle Management Command Control Communication Computers & Intel
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BMD
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Ballistic Missile Defense (formerly SDI)
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BMDO
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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
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BMNT
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Beginning of Morning Nautical Twilight
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BMP
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Boievaia Machina Piekhoty (CIS Mech. Infantry Combat Vehicles)
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BMTA
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Backbone Message Transfer Agent (DMS)
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BMU
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Beachmaster Unit
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BN
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Battalion
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BNA
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By Name Assignment
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BNS
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Backbone Network System (also: vBNS-very high speed BNS)
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BOA
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Broad Ocean Area
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BOGEY
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Radar or Visual Contact unidentified - assumed enemy
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BOM
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By Other Means (Communications Message Caveat)
Bills of Material
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BOP
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Bit Oriented Protocol
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BPE
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Best Point Estimate
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BPI
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Boost Phase Intercept
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BPS
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Bits Per Second
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BPSK
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Binary Phase Shift Keying
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BRDM
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Boyevaya Razvedyvatel'naya Dozornaya Mashina (CIS Amphibious Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle)
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BRI
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Basic Rate Interface
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BRIGAND
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Bistatic Radar Intelligence Generation and Analysis Development
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BRITE
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Basic Rate Interface Transmission Extension
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BSA
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Basic Service Agreement
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BSC
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Binary Synchronous Communications
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BSD
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Battlefield Surveillance Device
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BSO
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Black Sea Operations
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BSS
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Broadcasting Satellite Service
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BSSG
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Brigade Service Support Group
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BT
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Break Text (Msg. Prosign Used to Indicate Start/End of Text)
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BTG
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Basic Target Graphic
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BTH
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Beyond-the-Horizon
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BTM
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CIS Tactical Vehicle (Tracked)
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BTR
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CIS Tactical Vehicle (Wheeled)
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BTRY
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Battery
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BUU
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Basic User Unit
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BUZZER
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Electronic Attack (EA) Jamming
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BVR
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Beyond Visual Range
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BW
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Bandwidth
Biological Warfare
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BWS
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Bn Warfighting System
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References 