Navy is an integral part of the Security System of a Country. To join Navy it is really great. So Vishnam brings another set of Abbreviations and Acronyms on Navy.
EW – Electronic Warfare
SAR – Search and Rescue
AGM – Air to Ground Missile
RPA – Remotely Piloted Aircraft
JBD – Jet Blast Deflector
HEI – High Explosive Incendiary
CSAR – Combat Search and Rescue
DU – Depleted Uranium
SAS – Synthetic Aperture Sonar
INSARAG – International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
RATO – Rocket Assisted Take Off
TERCOM – Terrain Contour Mapping
MTIS – Marine Terminal Information System
ARM – Anti Radiation Missile
RAS – Replenishment at Sea
SOLAS – Safety of Life at Sea
AUV – Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
CO – Commanding Officer
UNREP – Underway Replenishment
SUBRON – Submarine Squadron
IAPH – International Association of Ports and Harbors
LCAC – Landing Craft Air Cushion
LWR – Light Water Reactor
SSC – Ship to Shore Connector
INS – Inertial Navigation System
FLIR – Forward Looking Infrared
MASINT – Measurement and Signature Intelligence
DSC – Deep Sound Channel
UHF – Ultra High Frequency
VHF – Very High Frequency
MIRV – Multiple Independently targetable Re-entry Vehicle
FAC – Forward Air Controller
ICS – International Chamber of Shipping
SCBA -Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
ICBM – Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
AIP – Air Independent Propulsion
AFSB – Afloat Forward Staging Base
SES – Surface Effect Ship
LPH – Landing Platform Helicopter
ABM – Anti Ballistic Missile
ILS – Instrument Landing System
UUV – Unmanned Undersea Vehicle
LRAD – Long Range Acoustic Device
RBB – Rigid Buoyant Boat
OBA – Oxygen Breathing Apparatus
IMU – Inertial Measurement Unit
STOBAR – Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery
CATOBAR – Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery
STOVL – Short Take Off and Vertical Landing
CTOL – Conventional Take Off and Landing
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50 Abbreviations and Acronyms related to Navy | Part 1
