• not use the NATO names, preferring a different, Russian, nickname. An exception was that Soviet airmen appreciated the MiG-29's codename "Fulcrum", as...
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    1970. NATO codename Foxbat-B. MiG-25RBV Modernised single-seat reconnaissance-bomber with revised ELINT equipment (SRS-9 Virazh). NATO codename Foxbat-B...
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  • The RP-23 Sapfir (NATO codename: High Lark) was a Soviet look-down/shoot-down radar system. It was developed by Phazotron specifically for the Soviet...
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    Ametist (NATO codename: SS-N-7 Starbright) P-120 Malakhit (NATO codename: SS-N-9 Siren) P-500 Bazalt (NATO codename: SS-N-12 Sandbox) P-700 Granit (NATO codename:...
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    flying boat, 1935 Beriev Be-2/KOR-1/KR-2, reconnaissance seaplane, 1936; NATO codename "Mote" Beriev Be-4, reconnaissance seaplane, 1930 Beriev MBR-7, prototype...
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    depth charges and short-range ASW rockets. The Type 053H received the NATO codename Jianghu-I. The first was constructed by the Hudong Shipyard and entered...
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    - Volga River). Version from 1995. Volkhov M-2 (NATO codename SA-N-2) naval variant M-3 (NATO codename SA-NX-2) (missile V-800, V-760/755) experimental...
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  • Il-1 fighter prototype, 1944. Il-2 Shturmovik ground-attack aircraft, NATO codename "Bark", 1939, most-produced military aircraft of all time. Il-6 (TsKB-60)...
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    The RP-21 Sapfir (NATO codename: Spin Scan) was a radar system developed by the Soviet Union for use in the updated MiG-21PF fighter, and used in later...
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  • 1983 Status: 17 in service, 10 decommissioned Type 051B destroyer (NATO codename Luhai) Builders:  China (Dalian Shipyard in Dalian) Type: Multi-role...
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