| abm | Anti-Ballistic Missile |
| adiz | Air Defense Identification Zone |
| afdd | Air Force Doctrine Document (United States Military) |
| afm | Air Force Manual (United States Military) |
| ardc | Air Research and Development Command (United States Military) |
| asat | Anti-satellite (i.e. “asat missile,” “asat weapon”) |
| c4isr | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
| cia | Central Intelligence Agency |
| copuos | United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space |
| covid-19 | Coronavirus Pandemic of 2019 (ongoing as of December 2021) |
| DoD | United States Department of Defense |
| gps | Global Positioning System |
| icbm | Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
| igy | International Geophysical Year |
| jp | Joint Publication (United States Military) |
| nasa | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| ndaa | National Defense Authorization Act |
| noaa | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| nro | National Reconnaissance Office |
| nsc | National Security Council |
| nsca | National Security Council Action |
| nsdd | National Security Decision Directive |
| nsdm | National Security Decision Memorandum |
| nsp | National Space Policy |
| nsss | National Security Space Strategy |
| paros | Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space |
| pd | Presidential Directive |
| prm | Presidential Review Memorandum |
| sac | Strategic Air Command (United States Military) |
| sdi | Strategic Defense Initiative |
| spd | Space Policy Directive |
| SPoC | Space Operations Command (United States Space Force) |
| ssc | Space Systems Command (United States Space Force) |
| starcom | Space Training and Readiness Command (United States Space Force) |
| unoosa | United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs |
| usaf | United States Air Force |
United States Northern Command (United States Military) |
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| ussf | United States Space Force |
| usspacecom | United States Space Command (United States Military) |
| ussr | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| usstratcom | United States Strategic Command (United States Military) |