What does ASU stand for?

Active Service Unit

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The security source said: "He had offered his services to strike with an active service unit based in France.

French Scientist 'Plotted To Bomb Huge Oil Refinery'

At the height of the Troubles, the Provisional IRA had about 1,000 active service unit members and 60,000 armed elements were not able to control them.

Irish generals plotted to attack UK forces in Ulster

It only takes a handful of fanatics to make up a terrorist active service unit, and their future targets must include the mainland.

Guard against the fanatics

The court heard he was a member of a five-strong IRA active service unit.

SCOTS IRA BOMBER BACK ON THE STREET; Ex-soldier is still wanted by ...

Anti-terrorist police believe that the commander of the active service unit - and other members of the terrorist cell - are still at large and are being ruthlessly hunted amid fears of more blasts.

THE THICKNESS OF A 50p COIN FROM DISASTER; That's how close the Real ...

Once in, they were assigned to Active Service Units, the Provos' four or six-man death squads.

Moles who helped fuel the killings; The Secret Army

At the height of the Troubles, the Provisional IRA had about 1,000 active service unit members and 60,000 armed elements were not able to control them.

Irish generals plotted attack on Ulster

Mairead Farrell was part of an IRA active service unit when she and two others were shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in March 1998.

Activist in killer threat