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Lance searcher

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Active med/long range sonar

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Pelican

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Long range MPA capable of both search and attack

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Ball

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ASW helicopter transducer

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Dipper

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ASW helicopter capable of conducting both ASW search/attack

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Cowboy

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Ship of search attack unit - brother/sister combo

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Riser

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A radar contact which has suddenly appeared

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Sinker

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A radar contact that later disappeared

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Feather

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Visual sighting of a periscope wake

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Hot

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Sonar contact is held

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Cold

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I have lost sonar contact or sonar contact is not held

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Datum

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Last known position of a submarine or a suspected submarine after contact has been lost

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Goblin

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Submerged object detected

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13
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Pony

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ASW weapon carrying helicopter

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Bloodhound

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ASW torpedo (usually launched from a/c)

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Cobra

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ASW torpedo with gyro angle snake search (launched from ship)

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Devils

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Submarine depth in tens of feet (demon - meters)

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Strapped

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Helo on deck

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Dressed

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Helo under ACU control is airborne

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Kingpin

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Reference position established arbitrarily by an aircraft for reporting the position of a contact or datum

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Caddilac

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Directional active sonarbuoy

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Pointer

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Directional passive sonarbuoy

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Condition hairy

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All units may be required to prosecute an unidentified submarine contact

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Dog box

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Area within which units may interfere with or be engaged by ASW torpedoes

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Hovertac

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An attack conducted by a dipping helo on its own target

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Infotac
A vectored attack where the attacking unit utilises sonar contact information from the directing unit
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Snooper
Aircraft employed in the detection and reporting of opposing forces while avoiding detection by those forces
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Bogey
Unidentified aircraft
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Tally
Sighting of a target (joker...faker...vampire)
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Joker
A friendly track acting as a SUSPECT for exercise purposes
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Faker
A friendly track acting as a HOSTILE for exercise purposes
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Vampire
HOSTILE ani ship guided missile
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Confetti
Chaff lane or corridor
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Bird
Friendly surface to air missile
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Sugar
Surface to air missile state report
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Tucker
Main gun armament
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Woodpecker
Close in weapons system
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Volcano
Indications and warning or emitter indication of ASCM
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Feeler
Ship borne fire control radar
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_affirm
Missile radar is locked on designated target
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_away
Missile has been fired on designated target
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Zippo
Missile attack is imminent or in progress
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Goalkeeper
A Ship stationed for close defence of a marked unit
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Shotgun
Medium range AAW ship
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Racket
Intercepted electronic emission which has been assigned to a number of the track plot
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Chicks
Friendly aircraft
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Leaker
Airborne threat has passed through a defensive layer
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Bulldog
Surface/sub surface launched ASM (Harpoon)
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Indians
Ships of a surface Action group - two or more detached to prosecute surface ships
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Woofer
Off board active radar decoy
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Pirate
Fast moving surface radar contact assumed to be a fast patrol boat or fast attack craft
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Handyman
Helo in the ASuW support role (no weapons)
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Mustang
An ASuW weapon-carrying helicopter (Romeo - hellfire)
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Skunk
A surface contact detected by radar
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Bruiser
Air launched anti-ship missile
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Slameye
A visual bearing of the missile, missile vapour track or missile exhaust. The bearing of the launch from the reporting unit and the position of the reporting units are given immediately after SLAMEYE
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Cage
Enemy navigation radar
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Music
Electronic jamming
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Candy
Ammunition state report
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Charlie
Land A/C on ship (i.e. Charlie time...)
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Gadget
Radar or emmiter
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Strangle
Switch off equipment indicated
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Bent
Equipment indicated is inoperable
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Sweet
Equipment indicated is operating efficiently
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Outhouse
My position (bearing/NM) from my reference point
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Pancake
Land or I wish to land
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Puppies
Emission control plan is modified as follows
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Swap
Executive order for change of scene of acting commander

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