United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland Defence Forces
The United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland Defence Forces (UKIN-DF) comprise the following services:
- the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy (RINN), which includes the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Marines (RINM), the Fleet Air Arm, the (Navy) Strategic Defence Force, and the Coastal Defence Force;
- the Isselmere-Nielander Army;
- the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Air Force; and,
- the Isselmere-Nieland Orbital Defence Force.
The Minister of Defence and the Minister of State for the Defence Forces administer the UKIN-DF, with secretaries of State supervising the respective services. Overarching control of the UKIN-DF flows from the Defence Council of the External Affairs Section of the Council of State, chaired by the Sovereign and the Prime Minister.
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UKINDF Uniform Designation System
E refers to electronics, G to guns (20mm and up), M to guided weapon systems and remotely piloted vehicles, O to ordnance (bombs, charges, fuses, shells, etc.), and R to rockets (i.e., ground-to-space vehicles).
System Prefix
Precedes the First Letter, followed by a slash.
Environment (O)
- A = Air (O)
- C = Captive training (M)
- D = Inert training round (M/O/R)
- L = Artillery (O)
- M = Missile or rocket (O)
First Letter
Installation (E/G), Launch environment (M), System designator (O/R)
- A = Crewed aircraft or UAV (E); Air (G/M)
- B = Aerospace combined (E/G/M)
- C = Cryptographic* (E)
- D = Pilotless aerial vehicle (Drone, missile, rocket; E)
- E = Fixed ground (E/G/M)
- F = Mobile ground (E/G/M)
- G = General purpose (E/G/M)
- H = Runway launched (M) or silo stored (G/M)
- J = Fixed underwater (E/G/M)
- K = Amphibious (V preferred; E)
- M = Surface watercraft (E/G/M)
- N = Combined watercraft (Surface and sub-surface; E/G/M)
- O = Ordnance (O)
- P = Pack or individual portable (E/M)
- R = Rocket (R)
- S = Space (E/G/M)
- T = Ground transportable (E/G/M)
- U = Mobile underwater (Submarine; E/G/M)
- V = Ground vehicle (E/G/M)
- Z = Vehicle-to-missile/drone datalink (E)
Second Letter
Type (E/G/O), Primary mission (M/R)
- A = Invisible light (IR, UV, etc.; E)
- B = Radiological detection, identification, and computation (E); Bomb (O)
- C = Electronic wave and/or signal carrier (E); Cannon (20mm-76mm; G); Transport (M/R)
- D = Dual purpose (76mm-140mm; G); Decoy (M); Submunitions dispenser (O)
- E = Computers and processors (E); Electronic countermeasures/electronic support measures (ECM/ESM; M)
- F = Wire or fibre optics (E); Fuse (O)
- G = Heavy artillery (155mm-up; G); Ground attack (M)
- H = Interphone or public address (E)
- I = Aerospace intercept (M)
- J = Laser (E)
- K = Telemetering (E)
- L = Countermeasures (E/O); Launch detection and surveillance (M)
- M = Multiple type (E); Munition (O)
- N = Sound in air (E); Navigation (M)
- P = Multispectral electro-optical (Invisible and visible light; E); Flare (O)
- Q = Underwater acoustics (E)
- R = Radar (E)
- S = Special (Magnetic, etc.; E); Space support (R)
- T = Telephone, telegraph, or teletype (E)
- U = Underwater attack (G/M)
- V = Visual, visible light (E)
- W = Radio (E); Warhead (O); Weapon support (R)
- X = Telecommunications (Television, facsimile, etc.; E)
- Y = Meteorological, scientific and/or calibration (E/M)
- Z = Secure communications (E)*
Third Letter
Main purpose (E), Firing mechanism (G), Vehicle type (M/R), Fuse Type or Guidance (O)*
- A = Auxiliary assembly (E); Automatic (G)
- B = Bombing (E); Bomb (M); Bathythermographic or bathymetric (O); Booster (R)
- C = Communications (E); Chemical (O)
- D = Direction finding, reconnaissance, and/or surveillance (E); Inert (O)
- E = Ejection and/or release (E); Electro-optical (O)
- F = Countermeasure flare (O)
- G = Fire control or searchlight direction (E)
- H = Recording and/or reproducing (E)
- I = Informatics (E)
- J = Laser (G/O)
- K = Expendable countermeasure** (E)
- L = Management, maintenance or test (E); Launcher (O)
- M = Guided ordnance or remotely piloted vehicle (M)
- N = Navigation aid (E); Inertial monitoring unit or global positioning satellite system (O)
- O = Manual (G)
- P = Piloting aid, automatic flight, or remote control (E); Propellant charge (O)
- Q = Special or combination (E); Multispectral countermeasure (O)
- R = Receiving or passive detection (E); Rocket (M); Radar proximity (O)
- S = Search (Detection, range and bearing; E); Satellite (M/R); Stabilisation units (Conical fin assemblies, etc.; O)
- T = Transmission (E); Torpedo (M); Training (O)
- U = Surveillance (detecting and tracking) and fire and/or air control (E); Unit (O)
- V = Electrothermal chemical or electromagnetic (G)
- W = Weapon control (M/O)
- X = Identification and recognition (E); Chaff (O)
- Z = Secure system (E)
(* Guidance type suffix follows W for ordnance, when listed.)
(** Will be changed in the near future.)
Model Number
For electronics, model number is sequential following from the first two category listings, such as AR- or MR-. For decoys, missiles, bomb guidance systems, remotely piloted vehicles (not semi-autonomous uncrewed vehicles), and torpedoes, all are listed sequentially in accordance with the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA)-assigned Guided Weapon System (GWS) number. Ordnance is listed either in accordance with the weight of the device (bombs) or its diameter (shells).
Further suffixes
For bombs
Listed as follows:
- B = ballute retarded
- G = general purpose (unless L is more appropriate)
- L = low drag
- P = penetrator
- R = retarded
Vehicle Designation System
Type Prefix
R precedes all other vehicle types.
- B = Aerospace
- H = Rotorcraft
- L = Ground vehicle*
- M = Surface watercraft*
- N = Mixed marine* (Surface-submarine, etc.)
- R = Uncrewed vehicle (UAV, UGV, UOV, USV, UUV)
- S = Space
- W = Underwater*
(* Only for uncrewed vehicles)
Master Designator
May occur in strings of three letters, with the most significant role appearing first.
- A = Attack*
- ADS = Air defence suppression (Superseded by EF)
- B = Bomber
- C = Transport
- D = Director of uncrewed vehicles
- E = Electronic (Communications, countermeasures, detection, surveillance)
- F = Fighter
- G = Ground attack
- M = Maritime patrol
- MC = Mine clearance**
- NC = Nuclear reactor support**
- R = Reconnaissance
- S = Strike (Nuclear-capable attack aircraft or heavy attack aircraft)
- T = Trainer
- U = Utility
- W = Weather reconnaissance
(*Typically reserved for naval aircraft.)
(** Typically reserved for uncrewed vehicles.)
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