tailieunhanh - MISSILE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT DESIGNATIONS

Missiles are designated with three letters from the columns below plus a number (. AIM-7M) Suffixes (M in this case) indicate a modification. | MISSILE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT DESIGNATIONS Missiles are designated with three letters from the columns below plus a number . AIM-7M Suffixes M in this case indicate a modification. First Letter Launch Environment Second Letter Mission Symbols Third Letter Vehicle Type A Air B Multiple C Coffin H Silo stored L Silo launched M Mobile P Soft Pad R Ship U Underwater D Decoy E Special electronic G Surface attack I Intercept aerial Q Drone T Training U Underwater attack W Weather M Guided Missile N Probe non-orbital instruments R Rocket without installed or remote control guidance . military electronic equipment is assigned an identifying alphanumeric designation that is used to uniquely identify it. This system is commonly called the AN designation system although its formal name is the Joint Electronics Type Designation System JETDS . The letters AN preceding the equipment indicators formerly meant Army Navy but now are a letter set that can only be used to indicate formally designated DOD equipment. The first three letters following the AN indicate Platform Installation Equipment Type and Equipment Function respectively. The appropriate meaning is selected from the lists below. The letters following the AN designation numbers provide added information about equipment. Suffixes A B C etc. indicate a modification. The letter V indicates that variable configurations are available. The letter X indicates a development status. A parenthesis without a number within it indicates a generic system that has not yet received a formal designation . AN ALQ . Quite often the is pronounced bow legs since they look like the shape of cowboy legs. First Letter Platform Installation Second Letter Equipment Type Third Letter Function or Purpose A Piloted aircraft B Underwater mobile submarine D Pilotless carrier F Fixed ground G General ground use K Amphibious M Mobile ground P Portable S Water T .