Code Names and Numbers for Foreign Military Equipment
Code Names and Numbers for Foreign Military Equipment
The USAAF used during World War II code names to identify Japanese aircraft,
and the USAF used later code numbers to identify Soviet military aircraft and
missiles, mainly because the original indigenous names or designations were
unknown. Even after the USA, as a NATO member, adopted the NATO nomenclature
to identify Soviet aircraft, missiles and other equipment, separate systems
for the identification of RD&T (Research, Development and Testing) aircraft
and RD&T and operational missiles and rockets were used. The System is
coordinated through the Weapons and Space Systems Intelligence Committee
(WSSIC) of the National Foreign Intelligence Board (NFIB). Participating
agencies are:
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),
Central Intelligence Agencies OSWR (CIA/OSWR),
National Security Agency (NSA),
and the Department of Defense (DoD) at the Pentagon with:
USAF technical intelligence center (NAIC, formerly FTD),
USN technical intelligence center (NMIC, formerly NISC and NTIC),
US Army technical intelligence center (FSTC).
Index
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Japanese W.W.II Aircraft
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Type series for Early Soviet Post W.W.II Aircraft
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Soviet RD&T Aircraft
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Soviet RD&T Missiles
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BL series (observed at the Barnaul Test Range)
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EM series (observed at the Emba Test Range)
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KY series (observed at the Kapustin Yar Test Range)
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NE series (observed at the Nenoska Test Range)
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PL series (observed at the Plesetsk Test Range)
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SH series (observed at Sary Shagan Test Range)
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TT series (observed at Tyuratam Test Range)
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Soviet operational missiles and rockets
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