In today's Information Technology world, we use our code names to spell a word or a name to the person who is on the other end of phone in order to avoid the confusion and misspelling.
This post is about the code names used in military forces while transmitting messages through the radio.
NATO Phonetic Alphabet is the most commonly used spelling alphabet in military. This system was developed in 1950s and it was used to transmit and receive voice messages through radio to overcome not only the confusion in pronunciation but also to overcome the barrier of different languages.
The code name was assigned to 26 letters of English alphabet as follows:
Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.
NATO Phonetic Alphabet is also known as International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet. The codes are pronounced as follows:
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