| Defeated | To lose or be beaten |
| Nm | nautical mile (about 1.85 km) |
| IRBM | Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles |
| MRBM | Medium Range Ballistic Missiles |
| Opportunist | Taking advantage of any chance that comes along |
| Dissemination | spreading |
| Surveillance | Watching, spying |
| Hemisphere | Half of the globe |
| Quarantine | Isolating, usually to stop disease spreading |
| Clandestine | secret |
| Imperialist | Wanting to conquer other peoples to build an empire |
| Reaction, reactionary | Enemies of Communists (who are usually revolutionaries) |
| Retrospect | Looking back |
| Engendered | created |
| Subversive | Undermining the government |
| Attire | Clothing |
| Genocide | Mass killing |
| Anarchists | People who held extreme political views and were opposed to almost any kind of government authority |