The Power of Phonetics

          Most of us used communication based on our own given languages. But let me introduce to you the power of phonetics - in which it was widely used by different military units in every nation in the world.

          It was traced back during World War II in where the allies, like the Americans and the British, have their own series of spelling alphabet. But the first internationally-recognized phonetics can be traced back 1927 by ITU. And it was not until the 1950s that the ICAO code is introduced in which it was used primarily by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Members until today.

And here's the table of the NATO's edition of phonetics...

[Table] The NATO spelling alphabet as based on ICAO standards

          Also, there is also other spelling phonetics alphabet aside from those of ICAO. Like this Russian edition of phonetics.

Letter	Name	Pronunciation	English counterpart	Unofficial variant	Pronunciation
А	А́нна	[ˈannə]	Anna	Анто́н	[ɐnˈton]
Б	Бори́с	[bɐˈrʲis]	Boris
В	Васи́лий	[vɐˈsʲilʲɪj]	Vasily
Г	Григо́рий	[ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲɪj]	Gregory	Гали́на	[ɡɐˈlʲinə]
Д	Дми́трий	[ˈdmʲitrʲɪj]	Dmitri
Е	Еле́на[1]	[jɪˈlʲenə]	Elena
Ё				ёлка	[ˈjolkə]
Ж	Же́ня	[ˈʐɛnʲɪ]	Zhenya ('Gene')	жук	[ˈʐuk]
З	Зинаи́да	[zʲɪnɐˈidə]	Zinaida	Зо́я	[ˈzojə]
И	Ива́н	[ɪˈvan]	Ivan
Й	Ива́н кра́ткий	[ɪˈvan ˈkratkʲɪj]	Ivan kratkiy ('short Ivan')	йот	[ˈjot]
К	Константи́н	[kənstɐnˈtʲin]	Konstantin	килова́тт	[kʲɪlɐˈvat]
Л	Леони́д	[lʲɪ.ɐˈnʲit]	Leonid
М	Михаи́л	[mʲɪxɐˈil]	Mikhail	Мари́я	[mɐˈrʲijə]
Н	Никола́й	[nʲɪkɐˈlaj]	Nikolai
О	О́льга	[ˈolʲɡə]	Olga
П	Па́вел	[ˈpavʲɪl]	Pavel
Р	Рома́н	[rɐˈman]	Roman	ра́дио	[ˈradʲɪo]
С	Семён	[sʲɪˈmʲɵn]	Semyon ('Simon')	Серге́й	[sʲɪˈrɡʲej]
Т	Татья́на	[tɐtʲˈjanə]	Tatyana	Тама́ра	[tɐˈmarə]
У	Улья́на	[ʊlʲˈjanə]	Ulyana
Ф	Фёдор	[ˈfʲɵdər]	Fyodor ('Theodor')
Х	Харито́н	[xərʲɪˈton]	Khariton
Ц	ца́пля	[ˈt͡saplʲɪ]	tsaplya ('heron')	центр	[ˈt͡sentr]
Ч	челове́к	[t͡ɕɪlɐˈvʲek]	chelovek ('human')
Ш	Шу́ра	[ˈʂurə]	Shura
Щ	щу́ка	[ˈɕɕʉkə]	shchuka ('pike')
Ъ	твёрдый знак	[ˈtvʲɵrdɨj ˈznak]	tvyordiy znak ('hard sign')
Ы	е́ры	[ˈjerɨ]	ery	и́грек	[ˈiɡrʲɪk]
Ь	мя́гкий знак	[ˈmʲæxʲkʲɪj ˈznak]	myagkiy znak ('soft sign')	знак	[ˈznak]
Э	э́хо	[ˈɛxə]	echo	Э́мма	[ˈɛmə]
Ю	Ю́рий	[ˈjʉrʲɪj]	Yury
Я	Я́ков	[ˈjakəf]	Yakov

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         We all know that in speaking of military, we speak of cool weapons and those tools of mass destruction. But all of these would not be helpful in creating a formidable, undefeated military without training, determination, bravery, and most of all, phonetics in simplifying military movements in an efficient tactical and strategic planning for a sure victory.

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