How do Russian Aircraft & Missiles Get Their Names? | Koala Explains: NATO Reporting Names

If you've spent any time at all looking into the military space, you'll most likely have heard the Su-27 fighter referred to as a 'Flanker', or seen the Mi-24 helicopter go by the name 'Hind', but these names are not given by the Russians themselves. Instead these are NATO reporting names. What are NATO reporting names? Well.........

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0:00 Intro
1:57 What are NATO Reporting Names?
6:20 Aircraft Reporting Names
14:22 Equipment Reporting Names
23:34 Recap
24:22 Outro

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