ASCC/ASIC/US DoD Reporting Name for Soviet/Russian/Chinese Aircraft and Missiles

list from 1974: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78T04759A010400010167-8.pdf

codenames for chinese MiGs-19: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80T00913A000100880001-2.pdf

codenames for special variants of airliners: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T01184A000200280001-8.pdf
 
Is designation "Mouse" (http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/soviet.html) for single-seater Yak-18P correct? In official documents is no Mouse: http://www.stichtingargus.nl/bvd/m/isam1983-04.pdf , https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78T04759A010400010167-8.pdf , https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00826A003200230001-5.pdf
 
Bear F variant 10 https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82T00709R000101760001-2.pdf
Bear F variant 8 https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90T00784R000100160009-9.pdf
 
Hip L = Mi-8MTV-5 https://info.publicintelligence.net/MCIA-ChinaHandbookAppendices.pdf
 
Curl Nav Mod = An-26Sh
Crusty Nav Mod = Tu-134Sh
Cookpot Nav Mod = Tu-124Sh

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84T00171R000202340001-1.pdf
 
Firebird A = J-10A
Flanker L = J-11B
Moth = KJ-200
Mask = Y-8J

https://fas.org/nuke/guide/china/plan-2015.pdf

Fishcan D = J-7E
Mace = Y-8JB (GaoXin 2)
Maid = Y-8CB (GaoXin 1)

http://www.andrewerickson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ONI_PLAN_2015_Report_Appendix_China-Equipment.pdf

Flanker J = Su-27SM
Flanker K = Su-35S

http://flabcollegium.ch/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Sommaire-2016.pdf
http://flabcollegium.ch/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/UPDATE-2016-03.pdf
 
is codename Claw for Y-9 correct? https://quizlet.com/78805501/vp16-recce-flash-cards/
 
Shortbread = SSM Cruise (may by Meteorit-N) https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP87T00076R000101860001-9.pdf page 350
 
Nagumo said:
Shortbread = SSM Cruise (may by Meteorit-N) https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP87T00076R000101860001-9.pdf page 350
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I believe Meteorit was SS-N-24 Scorpion
 
SS-NX-24 Scorpion si submarine-based variant and SSC-X-5 is land-based variant of Meteorit
 
Chan A mod = Y-12 https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP87T00076R000101860001-9.pdf page 100, but it is probably only temporary designation
 
is codename AS-22 for Kh-59MK2 and AS-23 for Kh-38M correct? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-59 , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-38
 
Fulcrum A variant 1 = MiG-29 with ventral fins
Fulcrum A variant 2 = MiG-29 without ventral fins
Fulcrum A variant 3 = MiG-29 with elongated rudder (and without ventral fins)

https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoian-Gur%C3%A9vitx_MiG-29

Fulcrum A variant 4 = ??? https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/41917-Mig-29-einfuehrung/page2
 
here is some non standard designations "l ad-ri54 796 electronic reconnaissance aircraft of the soviet union 1/1 ii" (www.dtic.mil)

Young Fox B = An-12R
Black Crow A = Il-20
Dust Fungus = Yen radar
Bee Deer = PRS-1 radar

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Hi

probably Black Crow A = Igla-1 reconnaissance station under fuselage
 
J-20 is probably Firefang http://chinese-military-aviation.blogspot.cz/
 
Nagumo said:
J-20 is probably Firefang http://chinese-military-aviation.blogspot.cz/
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I haven't seen any evidence that this is the case and this nickname was floated on forums for the J-XX prior to the J-20 being unveiled.

J-10 appears to be FIREBIRD. So there could be some connection there.
 
hi all

North Korean new missiles:
KN-12 = 122-mm MLRS
KN-15 = Pukguksong-2 (MRBM)
KN-16 = 240-mm MLRS
KN-17 = Hwasong-12 (MRBM)
KN-18 = ? (MaRV SCUD variant)
KN-19 = Kumsong-3 (cruise missile)
KN-20 = Hwasong-14 (ICBM)
 
Tag A mod = probably Beriev 14M1P
Ram G mod = Yak-38M
Ram K mod = Su-27 (Flanker B)

temporarily designations for UAVs - ADV (Aerodynamic test vehicle)
ADV-1 = Tu-143 Reys
ADV-2A = Tu-141 Strizh with clipped delta wings and two sets of foreplanes
ADV-2B = Tu-141 Strizh with clipped delta wings and single set of foreplanes
ADV-2C = Tu-141 Strizh with delta wings (not clipped) and single set of foreplanes
ADV-3 = early des. for ADV-2C
ADV-4 = Jak iz.60 Pchela
 
CAA-1C = probably PL-5
AS-12A mod.1 = Kh-25MP
AS-12B = Kh-25ML
AS-12C = Kh-25MR

https://www.jmu.edu/cisr/_pages/research/iraq-oig/07-guided-missile.pdf
 
AA-1A = RS-1U
AA-1B = RS-2U
AA-1C = RS-2U without nose fuse
AA-1D = ? (probably R-55)

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78B04560A007400010043-7.pdf page 68
 
AS-4A = Kh-22/-22M/-22N (active radar homing variants)
AS-4B = Kh-22P/MP/NP (passive radar homing variants)
AS-4C = Kh-22PSI/MA/NA (inertial homing variants)

AS-5A = KSR-2 (active radar homing variants)
AS-5B = KSR-11 (passive radar homing variants)

AS-6A = KSR-5/-5N/-5B/-5M (active radar homing variants)
AS-6B = KSR-5P (passive radar homing variants)

http://www.stichtingargus.nl/bvd/m/pir1983-01.pdf

AS-7A = Kh-66
AS-7B = Kh-23

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/1984-10-25.pdf

AS-11A mod.1 = Kh-58
AS-11B mod.2 = ?

http://www.ist.ucf.edu/pdfs/Enum2003-for-IEEE-std-1278-1.pdf

AS-17A = Kh-31P
AS-17B = Kh-31A

The Military Balance Volume 117, 2017 - Issue 1
 
Nagumo said:
CAA-1C = probably PL-5
AS-12A mod.1 = Kh-25MP
AS-12B = Kh-25ML
AS-12C = Kh-25MR

https://www.jmu.edu/cisr/_pages/research/iraq-oig/07-guided-missile.pdf
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AS-10A = Kh-25MR
AS-10B = Kh-25ML

http://www.fredsakademiet.dk/ordbog/vord/Trade-Register-1986-2014.pdf
 
Fearless = unknown fighter with variable geometry wing (?)

https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/4771568.pdf page 29
 
Hello, here si my list od reporting names for avionics http://ruslet.webnode.cz/prilohy/zapadni-kody/avionika/

what is Mushroom 1 and 2 a and Toad Stool 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5?
 
Nagumo said:
Fearless = unknown fighter with variable geometry wing (?)

https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/4771568.pdf page 29
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Never existed. Was a hypothetical design postulated by the US.
 
unconfirmed reporting name for Su-57 (T-50) is Firedrake https://radmrockstone.deviantart.com/art/SUKHOI-Su-57-Firedrake-700277004
 
I'm not sure I'd consider Deviantart an authoritative source.
 
Firedrake beats out Fishbed in being a real word - another term for a dragon, so actually a pretty good name for a fighter. But I still think it's overwhelming lying likely to be a Deviantart artist picking a name he thinks is cool.
 
Fishbed is a real word. "A sedimentary stratum rich in fossil remains of fish" is what Merriam-Webster makes of it, I've seen it pop up in paleobiology.

What bothers me more: what is the use of these reporting names now that we have the makers'/users' designations?
 
Not a follower of Hushkit then?

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=28788.0

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here is some non-standard temporarily designations

Classic comsat mod = Il-62M Salon TM-3SUR
Coot ACP mod = Il-22 (Coot B)
Coot relay mod = Il-20RT
Crusty VIP mod = Tu-134AK
Crusty comsat mod = Tu-134AK with Karpaty-ST

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T01184A000200280001-8.pdf
 
here is codename Luggage for DR-2 (Tu-123) drone

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP83T00574R000103060001-6.pdf
 
AS-23A = Ch-101
AS-23B = Ch-102

http://www.dia.mil/News/Speeches-and-Testimonies/Article-View/Article/1457815/statement-for-the-record-worldwide-threat-assessment/
 
CH-AS-X-13 = airborne variant of DF-21

https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/revealed-chinas-nuclear-capable-air-launched-ballistic-missile/
 

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