This comprehensive dictionary of terms frequently used in discussions of national security and defense policy contains approximately 800 entries on weapons systems, strategy concepts, military organization, and related items. Part 2 presents a more extensive treatment of such concepts as strategic force doctrine and deployment, Soviet and U.S. poli

Containing nearly 7,000 entries, this dictionary is the only authorized source of standard terminology for military use by DoD and NATO. Most terms included here have not been adequately defined in standard dictionaries. All terms refer to modern weapons.