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CODE WORDS (Deck for learning the MEANINGS only) COPY Flashcards

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Active Medium Or Long Range Sonar /(Think Lance (Long) Searcher (Sonar Search)

A

LANCE SEARCHER

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ASW Helicopter Transducer

A

BALL

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an ASW Helicoptor Capable of conducting both sonar search and attack /(Think Helo @ the Dip)

A

DIPPER

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Ship(s) of search attack unit /(think cowboy posse)

A

COWBOY(S)

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A Radar contact which has suddenly appeared /(Think risen from the fog)

A

RISER

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A radar contact that later dissappered /(Think a ship has sunk and therefore not on radar)

A

SINKER

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Visual sighting of periscope wake /(Think a perscope would produce a feather of a wake)

A

FEATHER

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A Sonar contact is held /(Think HOT & COLD game)

A

HOT

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I have lost a Sonar Contact /(Think HOT & COLD game)

A

COLD

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Last known postion of a Submarine or suspected Submarine after contact is lost /(Think last known position)

A

DATUM

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Submerged object detected /(Think Something beneath you)

A

GOBLIN

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ASW weapon carrying Helicopter /(Think a Pony carries your guns)

A

PONY

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ASW Torpedo with omni-directional search pattern /(Think a torpedo is a dog that can go in mutidirections like a bloodhound smelling)

A

BLOODHOUND

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ASW torpedo with directional search pattern /(Think a snake following a heat trail)

A

COBRA

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Q

Submarine depth in tens of feet /(Think like mikes for miles and devils for depths +10)

A

DEVILS

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Reference position established by an aircraft for reporting the position of a CONTACT or DATUM /(Brute force this one)

A

KINGPIN

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Directional active Sonobuoy / (Think a Caddilac actively makes a beep)

A

CADDILAC

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Directional Passive Sonobuoy /(Think a person sits still and points to the beep)

A

POINTER

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All Units may be required to prosecute an unidentified submarine contact /(Think things might have got hairy go have a look)

A

CONDITION HAIRY

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Area within which units may interfere with ASW torpedoes /(Think a you might stop dogs running around in an area)

A

DOG BOX

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An Attack conducted by a dipping helo on its own target, while maintaining sonar contact /(Thing Hover Tag a helo hovers and tags a Contact)

A

HOVERTAC

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A type of vectored attack, used when the directing unit broadcasts sonar contact info and the attacking aircraft must solve his own fire control solution /(Think INFO TAG , I give you info to tag someone else)

A

INFOTAC

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23
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Long range patrol maritine aircraft capable of search and attack /(Think a pelican flies a long way to long and attack prey)

A

PELICAN

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Unidentified aircraft /(Think “you got a bogey on your six”)

A

BOGEY

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Sighting of a target,bandit,bogey,landmark, or enemy position, opposit of NO JOY /(Think Tally Ho we’ve seen a Fox)

A

TALLY

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26
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A Friendly track acting as a SUSPECT for excerise purposes /(Think a mate who is joking around not being a mate)

A

JOKER

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A friendly track acting as a HOSTILE for excerise purposes /(Think a Fake friend and is against you)

A

FAKER

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HOSTILE Guided Missile /(Think a vampire bat flies in and bites you)

A

VAMPIRE

29
Q

Chaff lane or corridor /(Think Wedding Confetti)

A

CONFETTI

30
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Friendly Surface to Air missile /(Think friendly small bird flying)

A

BIRD

31
Q

Surface to Air Missil (SAM) state report /(Think how much Sugar/SAM you got)

A

SUGAR

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Main gun armement /(Think tucking a gun under your arm-ement)

A

TUCKER

33
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Close in Weapon system (CIWS) /(Think a woodpecker gets in close with its beak)

A

WOODPECKER

34
Q

HOSTILE anti-ship guided missile signal /(Think Smoke signal before the exposion hits you)

A

VOLCANO

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Shipbourne fire control radar /(Think radar feel out for a fire)

A

FEELER

36
Q

Missle radar is locked on designated target /(Think Bird are locked on? Affirm

A

BIRDS AFFIRM

37
Q

Missle has been fired on designated target /(Think Bird has gone to where you want)

A

BIRDS AWAY

38
Q

A missile attack is imminent or in progess /(Think fire is here or soon)

A

ZIPPO

39
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A ship stationed for close defence of a marked target /(Think you protect the goal from flying balls)

A

GOALKEEPER

40
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Medium Range Anti-Air Warfare Ship /(Think a shotgun is good at shooting birds at medium distance)

A

SHOTGUN

41
Q

Intercepted electronic emission which has been assigned to a number of the track plot /(Brute force it)

A

RACKET

42
Q

Friendly Aircraft /(Think friendly birds)

A

CHICKS

43
Q

Airbourne threat has passed through a defensive layer /(Think a missile has got through)

A

LEAKER

44
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Surface or Sub-Surface launched Anti-ship Missile /(Think a bull dog running along the ground at you)

A

BULLDOG

45
Q

Ships of a Surface Action Group (SAG) /(Think a group of indians)

A

INDIANS

46
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Off board active radar decoy /(Think a distraction because of a dog sound)

A

WOOFER

47
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Fast moving surface radar contact assumed to be a fast patrol boat or fast attack craft /(Think somalia pirates using RHIBS)

A

PIRATE

48
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Helicopter in ASUW support role (no weapons) /(Think a man helps you out)

A

HANDYMAN

49
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An ASU weapon carrying helicopter /(Think fast moving car with guns on it)

A

MUSTANG

50
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A surface contact detected by radar /(Think you can smell it before you see it)

A

SKUNK

51
Q

Air Launched Anti-Ship Missile /(Think being punched from above)

A

BRUISER

52
Q

A visual bearing of the missile, missile vapour track, or exhaust. /(Think you see something that will slam into something)

A

SLAMEYE

53
Q

An Aircraft employed in the detection and reporting of opposing forces while avoiding detection by those forces /(Think snooping around and trying not to get caught)

A

SNOOPER

54
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Enemy Nav Radar /(Think baddies are looking for you, to take you out)

A

CAGE

55
Q

Electronic Jamming /(Think I cant think with all this music)

A

MUSIC

56
Q

Ammunition state report /(Think how much good stuff you got)

A

CANDY

57
Q

The expected landing time on a ship /(Think what time is charlie getting here)

A

CHARLIE

58
Q

Radar or emitter /(Think what gadgets does a ship have)

A

GADGET

59
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Switch of equipment indictated /(Think strangle all emitters)

A

STRANGLE

60
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Equipemnt indicated is inopertive /(Think you bent the antenana and now its not working)

A

BENT

61
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Equipment is operating effciently /(Think Sweet my equipment is working)

A

SWEET

62
Q

My position in true bearing /miles from my reference point /(Think outhouse for a helo launch)

A

OUTHOUSE

63
Q

Land or i wish to land /(Think pancakes lie flat to the land)

A

PANCAKE

64
Q

EMCOM is modfied as follows /(Brute force this)

A

PUPPIES

65
Q

Excutive order for a change of Scene of Action Commander /(Think swap SA Commander)

A

SWAP

66
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Do not fire unless target(s) has (have) been identified as HOSTILE /(Think fire if _____ is tight on money)

A

______ TIGHT

NATO Code Words (3 decks)

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