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1
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Alligator

A

Link 11

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Angels

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Height in thousands of feet
I.e 2 Angel’s = 2000ft

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Beadwindow

A

Your last transmission disclosed essential elements of friendly information (EEFI)

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Bent

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Equipment indicated as inoperative

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5
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Big dipper

A

Radar and sonar fitted helicopter

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Bingo

A

Fule state needed for recovery

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7
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Blood hound

A

ASW torpedo

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Blotter

A

ECM/ESM system

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Bogey

A

Unidentified aircraft

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Bruiser

A

Air to surface missile

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11
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Bulldog

A

Surface/subsurface launched anti-ship missile

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Bull pen

A

Submarine generated search area (SGSA)

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13
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Cadillac

A

Directional active sonobuoy

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14
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Cake

A

ASW weapon state report

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15
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Candy

A

Ammunition state report

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16
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Charter

A

A requirement to order a daily changing of the current call sign

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17
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Chatter

A

Communication jamming

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Cherubs

A

Height in hundreds of feet - ie cherubs 5 = 500ft

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19
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Cobra

A

Asw torpedo gyro angled snake search (GASS)

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20
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Cold

A

Lost sonar contact or contact is not held

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21
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Confetti

A

Chaff return on radar

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22
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Cypher

A

Covered circuits that is set using cryptographic devices

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23
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Diver

A

Variable depth sonar

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Dog box

A

An area within which units may interfere with or be engaged by ASW torpedos

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25
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Father

A

TACAN

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26
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Feeler

A

Ship bourne fire control radar

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27
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Freewheel

A

Cancels submarine generated search area (SGSA)

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Gadget

A

Radar

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Gertrude

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Underwater telephone equipment

30
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Gingerbread

A

Spoofing (voice imitative deception)

31
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Goblin

A

Submerged object detected

32
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Grasshopper

A

Emergency transit of submarine area by surface unit

33
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Gridlock

A

Process of matching relative positions of locally held tracks with the positions of the reported tracks of the grid reference unit

34
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Hammer

A

Active sonar

35
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Handy man

A

Helicopter in ASW support role ( no weapons)

36
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Hooker

A

Fishing or other small craft

37
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Hot

A

Sonar contact is held

38
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Hush

A

To initiate specific EMCON plan

39
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Jello

A

Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR)

40
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Lazy

A

Equipment indicated on standby

41
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Misfit

A

A requirement to continue using daily call signs

42
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Mother

A

Parent ship

43
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Nancy

A

Infra-red equipment (FLIR/EO)

44
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Pancake

A

Land/i wish to land

45
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Panther

A

Hostile nuclear submarine

46
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Parrot India

A

Military IFF interrogater

47
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Pigeons

A

Bearing and distance to base or specified destination ( true and magnetic)

48
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Plain

A

Uncovered circuit

49
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Playground

A

Joining the link network system

50
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Pointer

A

Directional passive sonobuoy

51
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Polar

A

Friendly nuclear submarine

52
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Puppies

A

To modify existing EMCON plan

53
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Pony

A

ASW weapon carrying helicopter

54
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Racket

A

Electronic emissions intercepted

55
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Rifle

A

Air to surface missile ( used in over land engagements )

56
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Riser

A

A Radar contact that has suddenly appeared

57
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Sinker

A

A radar contact that later disappears

58
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Skunk

A

Surface contact detected by radar

59
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Slameye

A

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 unit are given immediately after Slameye

60
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Sour

A

Equipment not operational efficiently/ invalid response to IFF check

61
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Spiked

A

RWR indication of a hostile radar lock on

62
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Squawk

A

Operate IFF as indicated

63
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Strangle

A

Switch off equipment indicated

64
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Sweet

A

Equipment operating efficiently/ valid response from IFF

65
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Timber

66
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Wave off

A

Do not land

67
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Winchester

A

Aircraft out of ammunition

68
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Ziplip

A

Limit voice transmission to critical information only

69
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Spoofer

A

Contact employing tactical/ electronic deception measures

70
Q

Freddie

A

Air-controller prefixed with P (PAC),S (ASTAC), or F ( Flight Controller)

71
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Feather

A

The visual sighting of a periscope wake

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