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Originally Posted by Silent Hunter
Hang on, are we talking about Russian submarines or American helicopters?
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Haha, I didn't even think about it like that until you metioned it. The last few posts have been discussing the United States Navy's helicopters, specifically the Seahawk. There are several different models of the Seahawk, such as the SH-60B, SH-60F, HH-60, MH-60S, and MH-60R. One easy way to refer to the different models is by the phonetic alphebet letter in their designation. Thus when refering to the SH-60F (carrier deployed anti-submarine helicopter) a short-from would be Foxtrot. When refering to the MH-60R (new anti-submarine/anti-surface helicopter) the short-form would be Romeo.
I can see the confusion with the Soviet/Russian submarine classes as they are all code-named after the same phonetic alphebet.