Editing NATO reporting name (section)

=== 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]].