Editing NATO reporting name (section)

==Lists of NATO reporting names==

=== Missiles ===

The initial letter of the name indicates the use of that equipment. The alphanumeric designations (e.g. AA-2) are assigned by the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]].<ref name=":0" />

{| class="wikitable"
! Initial letter !! Description !! Corresponding list
|-
! scope = "row" | A
| Air-to-air missiles, e.g., [[AA-2 Atoll|"Atoll"]]
| [[List of NATO reporting names for air-to-air missiles]]
|-
! scope = "row" | K
| Air-to-surface missiles (from the Russian <u>K</u>h designation), e.g., [[AS-6 Kingfish|"Kingfish"]]
| [[List of NATO reporting names for air-to-surface missiles]]
|-
! scope = "row" | G
| Ground-to-air missiles, e.g., [[SA-15 Gauntlet|"Gauntlet"]]
| [[List of NATO reporting names for surface-to-air missiles]]
|-
! scope = "row" | S
| Surface-to-surface missiles, including ballistic missiles (e.g., [[SS-1 Scud|"Scud"]]) and coastal defense missiles (e.g., [[K-300P Bastion-P|"Stooge"]])
| [[List of NATO reporting names for surface-to-surface missiles]]
|-
! scope = "row" | S
| Anti-tank missiles, e.g., [[AT-5 Spandrel|"Spandrel"]]
| [[List of NATO reporting names for anti-tank missiles]]
|}

=== Aircraft ===

The first letter indicates the type of aircraft, e.g., "Bear" for a bomber aircraft refers to the [[Tupolev Tu-95]], or "Fulcrum" for the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29]] fighter aircraft. For fixed-wing aircraft, one-syllable names are used for propeller aircraft and two-syllable names for aircraft with jet engines. This distinction is not made for helicopters.<ref name=":0" />

{| class="wikitable"
! Initial letter !! Description !! Corresponding list
|-
! scope = "row" | F
| Fighter aircraft (e.g, [[Mikoyan MiG-31|"Foxhound"]]), also later ground attack aircraft (e.g., [[Sukhoi Su-25|"Frogfoot"]])
| [[List of NATO reporting names for fighter aircraft]]
|-
! scope = "row" | B
| Bomber aircraft, e.g. [[Tupolev Tu-160|"Blackjack"]]
| [[List of NATO reporting names for bomber aircraft]]
|-
! scope = "row" | C
| Commercial aircraft, airliners, and cargo aircraft, e.g., [[Antonov An-124 Ruslan|"Condor"]]
| [[List of NATO reporting names for transport aircraft]]
|-
! scope = "row" | H
| Helicopters, e.g., [[Mil Mi-24|"Hind"]]
| [[List of NATO reporting names for helicopters]]
|-
! scope = "row" | M
| Miscellaneous aircraft names, including [[Trainer (aircraft)|trainers]], [[aerial reconnaissance]], [[seaplane]]s, [[aerial refueling]], and [[airborne early warning]]
| [[List of NATO reporting names for miscellaneous aircraft]]
|}

=== Submarines ===
{{Details|List of NATO reporting names for submarines}}

Before the 1980s, reporting names for submarines were taken from the [[NATO phonetic alphabet|NATO spelling alphabet]]. Modifications of existing designs were given descriptive terms, such as "[[Whiskey Long Bin]]". From the 1980s, new designs were given names derived from Russian words, such as "[[Akula-class submarine|Akula]]", or "shark". These names did not correspond to the Soviet names. Coincidentally, "Akula", which was assigned to an attack submarine by NATO, was the actual Soviet name for the ballistic missile submarine NATO named "[[Typhoon-class submarine|Typhoon-class]]". The NATO names for submarines of the [[People's Republic of China]] are taken from [[Dynasties in Chinese history|Chinese dynasties]].

===Equipment===
{{Details|List of NATO reporting names for equipment}}
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