NATO reporting names are unclassified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw pact and China). The North Atlantic Treaty A code name or cryptonym is a word or name used clandestinely to refer to another name or word During the Cold War, the term Communist Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) was used to refer to the Soviet Union and countries it either controlled or that were The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Warsaw Pact (see Nomenclature) was an organization of Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES They provide unambiguous and easily understood English language words in a uniform manner in place of the original designations — which may have been unknown at the time or easily confused codes. Much of this so-named equipment remains in use, and NATO reporting names are frequently used.

NATO maintained lists of these names. The assignment of the names for the Russian and Chinese aircraft is handled by the five-nation Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC) which consisted of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Contents 1 U.S. variations 2 Soviet nicknames 3 Naming 4 Lists of NATO reporting names 4.1 Missiles 4.2 Aircraft 4.3 Submarines 4.4 Equipment 5 External links

U. S. variations

The United States Department of Defense expands on the NATO reporting names in some cases. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government NATO refers to surface-to-air missile systems mounted on ships or submarines with the same names as the corresponding land-based systems, but the US DoD assigns a different series of numbers with a different suffix (i. A surface to air missile ( SAM) or ground-to-air missile ( GTAM) is a Missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy Aircraft e. , SA-N- vs. SA-) for these systems. The names are kept the same as a convenience. Where there is no corresponding system, a new name is devised. Some US DoD nomenclature is included in the following pages and is noted as such.

Soviet nicknames

The Soviet Union did not always assign official “popular names” to its aircraft, although unofficial nicknames were common as in any air force. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. An air force, also known in some countries as an air army or historically an army air corps, is in the broadest sense the national military or armed service Generally the Soviet pilots have not used the NATO names, preferring a different Russian nickname. However, there have been exceptions. For example, Soviet airmen appreciated the MiG-29's codename 'Fulcrum' as an indication of its pivotal role in Russian air defence. The Tu-95's codename 'Bear' has been widely adopted by its operators. Hundreds of names had to be chosen, so the names covered a wide variety of subjects and include some obscure words.

Naming

Since there are only so many words that start with a given letter, many aircraft (and other equipment as well) had unusual names. For example, to the layman, “Backfire” sounds like a reference to a plan “backfiring,” but in aeronautics, a “backfire” is a dangerous explosion of fuel out the back of a running jet engine (deadly to ground crews). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Or perhaps the Tu-22M was named backfire because it had two rear remote-controlled cannons. The bombers had names starting with the letter B and names like Badger, Bear, and Blackjack were used. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout “Frogfoot,” the reporting name for the Sukhoi Su-25, references the aircraft’s close air support role. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In Military tactics, close air support ( CAS) is defined as air action by fixed or rotary winged aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to Transports had names starting with C (as in “cargo”), which resulted in names like Careless or Candid. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

The author Craig Thomas created a fictional NATO reporting name "Firefox" for the MiG-31 in his novel Firefox in 1977, probably in reference to the existing "Foxbat" reporting name for the MiG-25. Fictional fighters F-19 Stealth See also F-19 In the 1980s a gap appeared in the designation system for US military aircraft between Firefox is a thriller novel written by Craig Thomas, published in 1977. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The novel was made into a movie in 1982, starring Clint Eastwood. Firefox is a 1982 Warner Bros film with Clint Eastwood as director producer and star Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. The real MiG-31 from 1979 was assigned the reporting name "Foxhound" not because of the movie, but because it was a development of the earlier "Foxbat". For the fictional aircraft of the novel and movie "Firefox", see Mikoyan MiG-31 (fictional.

Lists of NATO reporting names

The initial letter of the name indicated the use of that equipment.

Missiles

• A — air-to-air missiles. NATO reporting name for AA series Air-to-air missiles with Soviet designations AA-1 "Alkali" (Kaliningrad K-5
• K — air-to-surface missiles (from the Russian Kh designation). NATO reporting name for AS series Air-to-surface missiles, with Soviet designations Note the Soviet / Russian designation is
• G — surface-to-air missiles, SAM (or Ground-to-air), including ship- and submarine-launched. NATO reporting name for SA series Surface-to-air missiles with Soviet designations SA-1 " Guild " (S-25
• S — surface-to-surface missiles, including ship- and submarine-launched. NATO reporting name for SS series Surface-to-surface missiles with Soviet designations SS-1 "Scunner" (R-1 and "Scud" (most famously the SS-1 “Scud”). Scud is a series of Tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and exported widely to other countries
  • from this Anti-tank missiles (also S). NATO reporting name for AT series Anti-tank guided missiles with Soviet designations AT-1 Snapper (3M6 Shmel)

Aircraft

• F — fighter aircraft , also later ground attack aircraft. NATO reporting name /ASCC names for fighters with Soviet, Russian and Chinese designations sorted by reporting name "Faceplate"
• B — bomber aircraft. This is a list of NATO reporting name /ASCC names for Bombers with Soviet designations See also NATO reporting name
• C — cargo aircraft and airliners. NATO reporting name /ASCC names for Transport aircraft, with Soviet designations sorted by reporting name "Cab" Lisunov Li-2
• H — helicopters. Helicopters NATO / ASCC names Mi-26 "Halo" Mi-1 "Hare" Mi-10 "Harke"
• M — Miscellaneous; trainers, reconnaissance, seaplanes, tankers, AEW etc. NATO reporting name /Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC names for miscellaneous Aircraft, with Soviet designations sorted by reporting name A trainer is an Aircraft used to develop piloting navigational or war-fighting skills in flight crew Surveillance aircraft are military Aircraft used for monitoring enemy activity usually carrying no armament A seaplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting on water Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling ( IFR) air-to-air refueling ( AAR) or tanking, is
  

-for fixed-wing aircraft, one syllable names were used for propeller-powered craft (turboprops included), while two-syllable names indicated jet engines. A syllable ( Greek:) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds A propeller is essentially a type of fan which transmits power by converting Rotational motion into Thrust for propulsion of a vehicle such as an specific --->A jet engine is a Reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet of Fluid to

Submarines

• Ballistic missile submarines
• Guided missile submarines
• Hunter-killer and experimental submarines

Equipment

• Equipment

External links

• External list about NATO reporting names
• Air Standardization Coordinating Committee Site

NATO reporting name for ballistic missile submarines with Soviet designations Ballistic Missile Submarines - Nuclear Propelled (Podvodnaya Lodka Atomnaya Raketnaya NATO reporting name for ballistic missile submarines with Soviet designations Guided Missile Submarines - Nuclear Propelled (Podvodnaya Lodka Atomnaya NATO reporting name for hunter/killer and experimental submarines with Soviet Navy designations Hunter/Killer Submarines - Nuclear Propelled (Podvodnaya Lodka This is a list of NATO names for fire control radars and ELINT systems

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