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This is a list of NATO names for Soviet, Russian and Chinese radars and ELINT systems. For additional reporting names, see NATO reporting names.

NATO reporting names

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B

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  • Ball End – common navigational radar.[1]
  • Band Stand – Missile tracking and control[1]
  • Bar Lock A - Russian P-37 "Metch" (1RL139) 2D air surveillance radar.[2] The basic "Bar Lock" dates back to 1961.[3]
  • Bass Tilt – MR-123, fire control radar of the AK-630 close-in weapon system[4]
  • Bell Clout – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
  • Bell Shroud – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
  • Bell Squat – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
  • Big Bird C - SA-20 (S-300PMU-1/2) regiment surveillance radar 64N6, 1996[2]
  • Big Bird D - SA-21 (S-400 missile system) regiment surveillance radar 91N6, 2017[2]
  • Big Net – Long-range air search radar[1]

C

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  • Cage Bare – VHF antenna[1]
  • Cage Cone – VHF antenna[1]
  • Cage Pot – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
  • Cage Stalk – VHF antenna[1]
  • Clam Shell - 76N6 low-altitude surveillance radar for S-300P
  • Cross Bird – Gius-2 long range air search radar. A copy of British Type 291 radar.[1]
  • Cross Dome – MR-352 Pozitiv, a target designation radar[5]
  • Cross Slot - Soviet HF Coastal[2]

D

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  • Don – Navigational radar.[1]
  • Don-Kay – Navigational radar for large ships. Replaced by Palm Frond.[1]
  • Down Beat – Maritime bomber I-band targeting radar for anti-ship cruise missiles.
  • Drum Tilt – MR-104 Rys, a gun fire-control radar[6]

E

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  • Egg Cup – Fire control radar for guns[1]
  • Eye Bowl – Missile tracking and control[1]

F

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  • Fan Song – fire control radar of the SA-2 system
  • Flat Face – target acquisition radar of the SA-3 system
  • Flat Jack – rotodome-mounted airborne search radar of the Tupolev Tu-126 Moss
  • Flat Twin – ABM radar for the uncommissioned S-225 ABM system
  • Fire Dome – fire control radar of the SA-11 system
  • Fire Can – gun direction radar used during the Vietnam War
  • Flap Lid – fire control radar of the SA-10A/B system
  • Flash Dance – BRLS-8B "Zaslon" radar found on the MiG-31.
  • Foxfire – The TL-25 Smerch-A (also referred to as Product 720) radar featured in the MiG-25
  • Front Dome – MR-90 Orekh, fire control radar of SA-N-7 system[4]

G

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  • Grave Stone – fire control radar of the SA-21 system
  • Grill Pan – fire control radar of the SA-12 system

H

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  • Hair Net – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Half Bow – Fire control radar for guns[1]
  • Half Plate – MR-755 Fregat, target designation radar of SA-N-7 system[4]
  • Hawk Screech – MR-105 Turel, a gun fire-control radar[6]
  • Head Lights – Missile tracking and control[1]
  • Head Net-A – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Head Net-B – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Head Net-C – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • High Pole A – Identification friend or foe antenna[1]
  • High Pole B – Identification friend or foe antenna[1]
  • High Sieve – Long-range air search radar[1]

K

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  • Kite Screech – MR-184, fire control radar of the AK-100 naval gun system[4]
  • Knife Rest – Long-range air search radar[1]

L

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  • Land Roll – fire control radar of the SA-8 system
  • Low Blow – fire control radar of the SA-3 system

M

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  • Moon Coast - Soviet Coastal[2]
  • Muff Cob – Fire control radar for guns[1]

O

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  • Owl Screech – Fire control radar for guns[1]

P

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  • Palm Frond – MR-212/201, a surface search radar[7]
  • Pat Hand – fire control radar of the SA-4 system
  • Peel Group – Missile tracking and control[1]
  • Plank Shave – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Plinth Net – Missile tracking and control[1]
  • Pop Group – fire-control radar of SA-N-4 system[8]
  • Pork Trough - mortar-projectile tracking radar
  • Post Lamp – Fire control radar for guns[1]
  • Pot Drum – surface search radar[1]
  • Pot Hand – surface search radar[1]
  • Punch Bowl – Korvet-5 satellite data link used on Soviet surface ships and submarines.[1]

R

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  • Round House – Radar array[1]
  • Rum Tub – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]

S

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  • Salt Pot A – Identification friend or foe antenna[1]
  • Scoop Pair – Missile tracking and control[1]
  • Scrum Half – fire control radar of the SA-15 system
  • Side Globe – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
  • Side Net – height finder radar of the SA-3 system
  • Skip Spin – The Oryol ('eagle') radar set featured perhaps most memorably on the Yak-28, but also on the Su-11, and Su-15.
  • Slim Net – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Slot Back – The N-019 pulse-Doppler target acquisition radar used on the MiG-29
  • Small Fred - counter-battery/surveillance radar, mounted onto a PRP-3 Val
  • Small Yarn - mortar-projectile tracking radar mounted in a shelter on an AT-L self-propelled, fully tracked chassis.
  • Snoop Pair – surface search radar for submarines[1]
  • Snoop Plate – surface search radar for submarines[1]
  • Snoop Slab – surface search radar for submarines[1]
  • Snoop Tray – surface search radar for submarines[1]
  • Soft Ball – Ramona ELINT system
  • Spin Scan – The RP-21 Sapfir (sapphire) radar set featured in the MiG-21
  • Spin Trough – Navigational radar[1]
  • Square Head – Identification friend or foe antenna[1]
  • Square Pair – fire control radar of the SA-5 system
  • Square Tie – surface search radar for small combatants and cruise missile target designation.[1] Chinese type 352.[2]
  • Squat Eye – alternate target acquisition radar of the SA-3 system
  • Steel Yard – The Duga over-the-horizon radar
  • Straight Flush – fire control radar of the SA-6 system
  • Strut Curve – MR-302, a surface and air-search radar[6]
  • Strut Pair – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Sun Visor – Fire control radar for guns[1]

T

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  • Tin Shield B - 5N59S/36D6, air search radar of SA-10b[2]
  • Tomb Stone – fire control radar of the SA-20A/B system
  • Top Bow – Fire control radar for guns[1]
  • Top Dome – Missile tracking and control[1]
  • Top Hat A – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
  • Top Hat B – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
  • Top Knot – Radar array[1]
  • Top Mesh – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Top Pair – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Top Plate – MR-710 Fregat, a target designation radar[4][Note 1]
  • Top Plate-B – MR-760 Fregat, an air search radar[9]
  • Top Sail – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Top Steer – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Top Trough – Long-range air search radar[1]
  • Trap Door – Missile tracking and control[1]
  • Trash Can – Tamara ELINT system

V

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  • Vee Bars – HF communication antenna[1]
  • Vee Cone – HF communication antenna[1]
  • Vee Tube – HF communication antenna[1]

W

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  • Wall Eye - Chinese JY-8 and JY-8A[2]
  • Watch Dog – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
  • Watchman (T) - Soviet, in Chinese service since 1990[2]
  • Wide Mat - Chinese JY-27[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ MR-760 Fregat has also been referred to as Top Plate.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl Couhat, Jean Labayle, ed. (1986). Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 489–490. ISBN 0-85368-860-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Chinese Military Radar". www.globalsecurity.org.
  3. ^ Wolff, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christian. "P-37 "Bar Lock" - Radartutorial". www.radartutorial.eu.
  4. ^ a b c d e Annati, Massimo (November 2004). "The Asian DDG Race". Military Technology. 28 (11). Bonne: Mönch Publishing Group: 31–39. ISSN 0722-3226. OCLC 137343253. Retrieved 2022-03-26 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Baker, A. D. III (December 1997). "Combat fleets". Proceedings. 123 (12). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 93. ISSN 0041-798X.
  6. ^ a b c Baker, A. D. III (February 2001). "Combat fleets". Proceedings. 127 (2). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 91. ISSN 0041-798X.
  7. ^ a b Baker, A. D. III (September 2003). "Combat fleets". Proceedings. 129 (9). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 108–109. ISSN 0041-798X.
  8. ^ Svejgaard, Michael (October 2013). "First person singular". Journal of Electronic Defense. 26 (10). Gainesville: Association of Old Crows: 40–41, 74. ISSN 0192-429X.
  9. ^ Baker, A. D. III (July 2003). "Combat fleets". Proceedings. 129 (7). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 106. ISSN 0041-798X.
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