James Barrington - Foxbat

RFARoyal Fleet Auxiliary. Merchant ships that operate under special rules and act as supply vessels to Royal Navy ships

RTBReturn to base

SA-2The most widely deployed SAM system ever manufactured, known in Russia as the S-75 Dvina, and by NATO as ‘Guideline’

SA-3Isayev SAM system known in Russia as the S-125 Neva or Pechora. NATO reporting name ‘Goa’

SAMSurface-to-air missile system

SARSearch and rescue

SASSpecial Air Service. Also known as ‘The Regiment’

Security ServiceSee ‘MI5’

Shadow 2000 UAVShort-range tactical UAV manufactured by the AAI Corporation

SidewinderSee ‘AIM-9’

Sig 226Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG)-Sauer P226. A full-size combat pistol chambered for the 9mm Luger cartridge

SIGINTSignals intelligence

Sirena S-3MRadar homing and warning system fitted to the MiG-25 Foxbat

SISSecret Intelligence Service. Frequently but inaccurately known as MI6, and responsible for espionage outside the United Kingdom. Also referred to as ‘Six’

SixSee ‘SIS’

SLBMSubmarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

Speed jeansAnti-g trousers worn by fighter pilots to help prevent g-loc

SplotSenior pilot of a Royal Navy squadron

Spoon RestTarget acquisition and warning radar that forms part of the SA-2 SAM system

SquawkSecondary surveillance radar (SSR) return. Selecting (‘squawking’) a particular SSR code will display a four-digit number or the aircraft’s callsign on a radar screen and allow an aircraft to be identified immediately. Selecting one of the emergency squawks – 7700 (emergency), 7600 (radio failure) or 7500 (hijack) – will generate a flashing symbol

SR-71A BlackbirdAmerican high-speed, high-altitude surveillance aircraft, which still holds numerous absolute speed records. It first flew in 1964, nine years after the first flight of the U-2, and had a long and highly successful career before being officially retired in the early 1990s

SSBNSub-Surface Ballistic Nuclear. American designation of a ballistic missile-carrying nuclear-powered submarine

SSRSee ‘Squawk’

Starbase/StarshipSlang terms for the USS Enterprise

STOLShort Take-Off and Landing aircraft

Storm ShadowAnglo-French air-launched cruise missile

StovieRoyal Navy slang term for a Harrier or other fighter pilot

Super HornetSee ‘F/A-18’

SuperdollarsNear-perfect copies of American banknotes produced in North Korea that even experts find difficult to detect. They’re known in the USA as PN-14342 notes, the numbering derived from Secret Service nomenclature

SVR Sluzhba Vneshney Razvyedki Rossi. The successor to the First Chief Directorate of the KGB, responsible for espionage and intelligence operations outside Russia

TACAMOLiterally, ‘Take Charge and Move Out’. A system of survivable communication links and platforms, including aircraft, designed to ensure that in the event of a nuclear exchange, proper control of US forces could still be exercised

TELTransporter-Erector-Launcher. The vehicle used to transport and fire a missile such as the Scud

TelebriefCommunication system used on Royal Navy aircraft carriers to allow a pilot to receive last-minute tactical updates from the Operations staff

TFTThin-Film Transistor. Technology used in flat-panel computer screens

TrappersExamining officers who assess a pilot’s flying ability and competence

TridentSubmarine-launched ballistic missile-carrying nuclear warheads

U-2High-altitude surveillance aircraft developed by Lockheed in the 1950s

UAVUnmanned Aerial Vehicle

USStratComUnited States Strategic Command

Vauxhall CrossThe headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service fronting the Thames in London. The building’s bizarre design has spawned a number of uncomplimentary nicknames. To those who work inside the building, it’s known as ‘Legoland’

WadiDried-up watercourse in a desert

WingsCommander (Air). The head of the Air Department on a Royal Navy aircraft carrier or air station

Chung-wi Lieutenant

Tab-wi Captain

So-ryong Major

Chung-yong Lieutenant-colonel

Tab-ryong Colonel

So-jang Major-general

First published 2007 by Macmillan

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