TAC Brevity

Question 1

Alligator

Answer 1

Link 11

Question 2

Angels

Answer 2

Height

Angels 2 = 2000ft

Question 3

Beadwindow

Answer 3

Your last transmission disclosed Essential Elements of Friendly Information

Question 4

Bent

Answer 4

Equipment inoperative

Question 5

Big Dipper

Answer 5

Radar and sonar fitted helo

Question 6

Bloodhound

Answer 6

ASW torpedo

Question 7

Blotter

Answer 7

ESM system

Question 8

Bogey

Answer 8

Unidentified aircraft

Question 9

Bruiser

Answer 9

Air to surface missile (overwater)

Question 10

Bulldog

Answer 10

Surface/sub-surface launched anti-ship missile

Question 11

Bullpen

Answer 11

Submarine search generated area

Question 12

Cadillac

Answer 12

Directional active sonobuoy

Question 13

Cake

Answer 13

ASW weapon state report

Question 14

Candy

Answer 14

Ammunition state report

Question 15

Charter

Answer 15

Requirement for daily changing of callsigns

Question 16

Chatter

Answer 16

Comms jamming

Question 17

Cherubs

Answer 17

Height in hundreds of feet

Cherubs 5 = 500ft

Question 18

Cobra

Answer 18

ASW torpedo with Gyro Angled Snake Search (GASS)

Question 19

Cold

Answer 19

Lost sonar contact or contact is not held

Question 20

Confetti

Answer 20

Chaff return on radar

Question 21

Cypher

Answer 21

Covered circuits that is set using cryptographic devices

Question 22

Diver

Answer 22

Variable depth sonar

Question 23

Dog box

Answer 23

Area within which units may interfere with or be endangered by ASW torpedoes

Question 24

Father

Answer 24

TACAN

Question 25

Feather

Answer 25

Visual sighting of periscope wake

Question 26

Feeler

Answer 26

Shipborne fire control radar

Question 27

Freddie

Answer 27

Air controller Prefixed with: - P (PAC) - S (ASTAC) - F (Fighter controller)

Question 28

Freewheel

Answer 28

Cancels SGSA

Question 29

Gadget

Answer 29

Radar

Question 30

Gertrude

Answer 30

Underwater telephone

Question 31

Gingerbread

Answer 31

Spoofing (voice imitative deception)

Question 32

Goblin

Answer 32

Submerged object detected

Question 33

Grasshopper

Answer 33

Emergency transit of submarine areas by surface units

Question 34

Gridlock

Answer 34

Process of matching relative positions of locally held tracks with the positions of the reported tracks of the grid reference units

Question 35

Hammer

Answer 35

Active sonar

Question 36

Handyman

Answer 36

Helicopter in ASuW support role (no weapons)

Question 37

Hooker

Answer 37

Fishing or other small craft

Question 38

Hot

Answer 38

Sonar contact is held

Question 39

Hush

Answer 39

Initiate a specific EMCON plan

Question 40

Jello

Answer 40

Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR)

Question 41

Lazy

Answer 41

Equipment is in standby

Question 42

Misfit

Answer 42

A requirement to continue using daily call signs

Question 43

Mother

Answer 43

Parent ship

Question 44

Nancy

Answer 44

Infrared equipment (FLIR/EO)

Question 45

Pancake

Answer 45

Land/I wish to land

Question 46

Panther

Answer 46

Hostile nuclear submarine

Question 47

Parrot India

Answer 47

Military IFF Interogator

Question 48

Pigeons

Answer 48

Bearing and distance to base or specified destination

Question 49

Plain

Answer 49

Uncovered circuit

Question 50

Playground

Answer 50

Joining the link network system

Question 51

Pointer

Answer 51

Directional passive sonobuoy

Question 52

Polar

Answer 52

Friendly nuclear sub

Question 53

Pony

Answer 53

ASW weapon carrying helicopter

Question 54

Puppies

Answer 54

Modify an existing EMCON plan

Question 55

Racket

Answer 55

Electronic transmission intercepted

Question 56

Rifle

Answer 56

Air to surface missile (overland)

Question 57

Riser

Answer 57

Radar contact which has suddenly appeared

Question 58

Sinker

Answer 58

Radar contact that later disappeared

Question 59

Skunk

Answer 59

Surface contact detected by radar

Question 60

Slameye

Answer 60

Visual bearing of the missile, missile vapour track, or exhaust. “SLAMEYE, bearing 270 TAIP XX position …”

Question 61

Sour

Answer 61

Equipment not operating efficiently/invalid response to IFF check

Question 62

Spiked

Answer 62

RWR indication of a hostile radar lock-on

Question 63

Spoofing

Answer 63

Voice deception detected

Question 64

Spoofer

Answer 64

Contact employing tactical/electronic deception measures

Question 65

Spotted

Answer 65

RWR indication of a hostile search radar

Question 66

Strangle

Answer 66

Switch off equipment indicated

Question 67

Sweet

Answer 67

Equipment operating efficiently/valid response to IFF check

Question 68

Timber

Answer 68

Link 16

Question 69

Wave off

Answer 69

Do not land

Question 70

Winchester

Answer 70

Aircraft out of ammunition

Question 71

Ziplip

Answer 71

Limit voice transmissions to critical information only

Question 72

NILE

Answer 72

Link 22

Question 73

“98”

Answer 73

9800yds

Question 74

“5.2”

Answer 74

5.2nm

Question 75

Laying brick work

Answer 75

Laying sonobuoys

Question 76

Clear ball bat

Answer 76

Clear to attack