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To: NormsRevenge

NATO reporting names.


25 posted on 04/30/2015 2:10:56 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps
NATO reporting names.

Yep. Same source of missiles like Grail or Scud.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_reporting_name#Missiles

Missiles

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

A — air-to-air missiles, example AA-2 Atoll: List of NATO reporting names for air-to-air missiles
K — air-to-surface missiles (from the Russian Kh designation), example AS-17 Krypton: List of NATO reporting names for air-to-surface missiles
G — surface-to-air missiles, SAM (or Ground-to-air), including ship- and submarine-launched, example SA-2 Guideline: List of NATO reporting names for surface-to-air missiles
S — surface-to-surface missiles, including ship- and submarine-launched. (most famously the SS-1 Scud): List of NATO reporting names for surface-to-surface missiles

32 posted on 04/30/2015 2:16:44 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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