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Because the latter allows messages to be spelled via flags or Morse code, it naturally named the code words used to spell out messages by voice its "phonetic alphabet". The name NATO phonetic alphabet became widespread because the signals used to facilitate the naval communications and tactics of NATO have become global. [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Letter names for unambiguous communication Not to be confused with International Phonetic Alphabet. Alphabetic code words A lfa N ovember B ravo O scar C harlie P apa D elta Q uebec E cho R omeo F oxtrot S ierra G olf T ango H otel U niform I ndia V ictor J uliett W hiskey K ilo X ray L ...
In wartime, monitoring an adversary's communications can be a valuable form of intelligence. Consistent call signs can aid in this monitoring, so in wartime, military units often employ tactical call signs and sometimes change them at regular intervals. In peacetime, some military stations will use fixed call signs in the international series.
Short Name Revision Title First Published Date of Current Version Status Description ACP 113 AJ Call Sign Book for Ships [2] 2017-12-13 Published Contains lists of: International Call Signs and hull numbers for ships; two letter Tactical Air Navigation; and Task Forces and their allocations. ACP 120 Original Common Security Protocol (CSP) 1998 ...
Allied Communications Publications are documents developed by the Combined Communications-Electronics Board and NATO, which define the procedures for communicating in computer messaging, radiotelephony, radiotelegraph, radioteletype (RATT), air-to-ground signalling (panel signalling), and other forms of communications used by the armed forces of the five CCEB member countries and/or NATO.
Call sign; Glossary of military abbreviations; List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations; List of aviation mnemonics; List of government and military acronyms; ITU prefix; NATO phonetic alphabet; Pan-pan; Procedure word; Pseudonym
Russian nuclear icebreaker Arktika with call sign UKTY. Merchant and naval vessels are assigned call signs by their national licensing authorities. In the case of states such as Liberia or Panama, which are flags of convenience for ship registration, call signs for larger vessels consist of the national prefix plus three letters (for example, 3LXY, and sometimes followed by a number, e.g. 3LXY2).
Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets; AN/MRN-3; AN/URC-117 Ground Wave Emergency Network; Automated Message Handling System; Automatic Digital Network; Automatic link establishment; Aviator call sign