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The military and
government are famous for using - or overusing - abbreviations and acronyms for designating equipment, programs,
and agencies. These eight pages are chock full of nearly every commonly used abbreviations and acronyms used by
the U.S. military (at least up through around the year 2000).
K: Kelvin (absolute temperature scale) KAC: Korea Analysis Center KADIZ: Korean Air Defense
Identification Zone KAIS: Korean Air Intelligence System KAK: Key-Auto-Key KAL: Key Asset List
KALCC: Korean Airlift Control Center KAPP: Key Asset Protection Program
KAWS: Korean Analyst Workstation KB: (1) Kilobyte; (2) Knowledgeability Brief Kbps: Kilobits Per Second
(also KPS) KBS: Knowledge-Based System KBYTES: Kilobytes KCG: Korean Consultative Group KCIA:
Korean Central Intelligence Agency KCOIC: Korean Combat/Combined Operations Intelligence Center KCSS:
Korean Combat Support System KDC: Key Distribution Center KDEI: Key Defense Estimates Issues KDIA:
Korean Defense Intelligence Agency KDII: Key Defense Intelligence Issues KE: Kinetic Energy KEK: Key
Encryption Key KELP: Kaleidoscope Elint Processor KEW: Kinetic Energy Weapon KG: (1) Kilogram; (2) Key
Generator KGB: Committee for State Security (FSU) KH: Keyhole KHA: Killed by Hostile Action KHz:
Kilohertz
KIA: Killed in Action KIA-BNR: Killed in Action, Body Not Recovered KIAS: Knots Indicated Air Speed
KIES: Kodak Imagery Exploitation System KIEWS: Kodak Imagery Edit Workstation
KILLREP: Kill Report KILLSUM: Kill Summary KILOD: Killed in the Line of Duty KIP: (1) Key
Intelligence Position; (2) Key Indigenous Personnel KIPPL: Key Intelligence Program Priorities List KISS:
(1) Korean Intelligence Support System; (2) Keep It Simple, Stupid
KIWS: KISS Intelligence Workstation KJ: (1) Kilojoules; (2) Key Judgments KM: Kilometer
KMASE: Key Management Application Service Element KMC: Key Management Center KM/HR: Kilometers Per Hour
KMODC: Key Management Ordering and Distribution Center KMID: Key Management Identification Number
KMP: Key Management Protocol KMPDU: Key Management Protocol Data Unit KMR: Kwajalein Missile Range
KMS: Key Management System KMSA: Key Management System Agent KMUA: Key Management User Agent KN: Knot
knots: Nautical Miles per hour KP: Key Processor
KPH: Kilometers Per Hour KPK: Key Production Key KRB: Kirt Roland Blattenberger KS: South Korea (ROK)
KSA: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities KSC: Kennedy Space Center KSOS: Kernelized Secure Operating System
KT: (1) Kiloton; (2) Knot KTAS: Knots True Airspeed
KTO: Kuwait Theater of Operations KTTP: Korean Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Ku: A Satellite
Frequency Band KUSLO: U.S. Liaison Office-Kenya KW: Kilowatt KWH: Kilowatt Hours KVG: Key Variable
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