Exercise Able Archer, the Glossary
Exercise Able Archer was an annual exercise by NATO military forces in Europe that practiced command and control procedures, with emphasis on transition from conventional operations to chemical, nuclear, and conventional operations during a time of war.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Able Archer 83, Central Intelligence Agency, Command and control, Conflict escalation, DEFCON, Nuclear warfare, Ruse de guerre, Soviet Union, 7th Air Division.
Able Archer 83
Able Archer 83 was a military exercise conducted by NATO that took place in November 1983. Exercise Able Archer and Able Archer 83 are military exercises involving the United States and war scare.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Command and control
Command and control (abbr. C2) is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes...
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Conflict escalation
Conflict escalation is the process by which conflicts grow in severity or scale over time.
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DEFCON
The defense readiness condition (DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces.
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Nuclear warfare
Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry.
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Ruse de guerre
The French ruse de guerre, sometimes literally translated as ruse of war, is a non-uniform term; generally what is understood by "ruse of war" can be separated into two groups.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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7th Air Division
The 7th Air Division (7 AD) served the United States Air Force with distinction from early 1944 through early 1992, earning an outstanding unit decoration and a service streamer along the way.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Able_Archer
Also known as Able archer.