THE H FILE – COUNTRIES AND WEAPONS (cut-on-technical-characteristics-of-specific-weapons)

All country files can have (as H.XXX-code – e.g. H.USA-AC):

  • General (general arms development/production or for countries without the specific codes listed below)
  • AC (aircraft)
  • AD (air defence systems – sam systems; AA guns)
  • Ammunition
  • AR (artillery)
  • AV (armoured vehicles)
  • BMD (Ballistic Missile Defence)
  • Cyber
  • Electronics
  • Engines
  • EW (Electronic Warfare)
  • Lasers
  • MI (missiles and other guided weapons)
  • Nuclear (Nuclear weapons and delivery systems)
  • OT (other weapons)(formerly H.COUNTRY-Other-Weapons)
  • Research (general military R&D; incl. funding for R&D)(formerly H.COUNTRY-R&D)
  • Robots (robotic weapons; artificial intelligence in weapons)
  • SAT (satellites)
  • SMARMS (small arms and light weapons – SALW)
  • Space
  • UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – drones)
  • Vehicles (un-armoured vehicles)

General H codes

H.AC-UAV (formerly H.Equipment-Survey-UAV)

H.Autonomous-weapons

H.Cyber

Regions

H.CHI-Research

H.ASEAN-General

H.CIS-General

H.EU-Cyber

H.EU-AC

H.EU-Research (formerly H.EU-R&D)

H.THIRD-WORLD-General

H.LATIN-AMERICA

Countries
H.KOS-Kill-Chain (South Korea intel + surveillance + strike system against KON N-weapons)

H.SWE-AC-JAS (JAS-39; Gripen)

H.USA-AC-JSF (Joint Strike Fighter; F-35; formerly also H.COOP-AC-JSF + HW.PRICES-AC-JSF)

H.USA-SH-UUV

H.USA-UGV

HW – WEAPONS – sources on general technology/development of weapons

HW.Conversion (formerly also HW.Conversion-EU)

HW.Offsets

HW.Research (formerly HW.R&D)

HW.Terminology (dictionaries of military or weapon-technical terms)

HW.Weapon-Technology

Prices – sources on real prices for weapon systems (helps also to set benchmark TIV values).

HW.Prices-General

HW.Prices-AC (prices of aircraft)

(HW.Prices-AC-Helicopter; use HW.Prices-AC)

(HW.Prices-AC-JSF – deleted; use H.USA-AC-JSF)

HW.Prices-AD (prices of air defence systems)

HW.Prices-AR (prices of artillery)

HW.Prices-AV (prices of armoured vehicles)

HW.Prices-Engines

HW.Prices-GR (prices of sensors)

HW.Prices-MI (prices of missiles and other guided weapons)

HW.Prices-SH (prices of ships)

HW.Prices-SMARMS

HW.Prices-UAV

HW.Retrofits-General

HW.Retrofits-AC

HW.Retrofits-AR

HW.Retrofits-AV

HW.Retrofits-GR

HW.Retrofits-Helicopters

HW.Retrofits-MI

HW.Retrofits-SH

ATDB categories

HW.AC (general aircraft; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AC)

  • HW.AC-Combat (general combat aircraft; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AC-Combat + formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AC-Fighters)
  • HW.AC-Helicopter (general helicopters; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AC-Helicopters)
  • HW.AC-MP (general MP + ASW aircraft; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AC-MPA-ASW)
  • HW.AC-Trainer (general trainer aircraft; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AC-Trainers)
  • HW.AC-Transport (general transport aircraft; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AC-Transport)
  • HW.AC.UAV (general UAV; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-UAV-RPV + HW.Equipment-Surveys-UAV)
  • HW.AC-UCAV (general UCAV + UAV/unmanned aircraft; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AC-UCAV)

HW.AD (general air defence systems)

HW.AD-BMD (Ballistic Missile Defence; general missile defence systems)

HW.AD-MANPADS (general aircraft; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-MI-MANPADS)

HW.AR (general artillery; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AR + HW.Equipment-Surveys-AR-Mortars)

HW.AV (general armoured vehicles; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AV + HW.Equipment-Surveys-AV-MRAP)

HW.EN (general engines; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Engines + HW.Equipment-Surveys-Engines-Aero)

HW.GR (general sensors – radar + EO; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-GR + HW.Equipment-Surveys-Optronics)

HW.GR-SIGINT (general SIGINT – signals intelligence – incl. ELINT + COMINT; not incl. EW – electronic warfare – use HW.EW)

HW.MI (general missiles/guided weapons; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-MI)

HW.MI-Torpedo (general torpedo; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-MI-Torpedoes)

HW.NW-Gun (general naval gun systems; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-AR-Naval-Guns)

HW.NW-Sonar (general sonar; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Sonars)

HW.SA (general satellites; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Satellites)

HW.SH (general ship; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-SH)

  • HW.SH-Carrier (general aircraft carriers)
  • HW.SH-Submarine (general submarines; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-SH-Submarines)
  • HW.SH-USV-UUV (general unmanned underwater vehicles – UUV + unmanned surface vehicles)

HW.Space

Non-ATDB equipment

HW.Ammunition (general ammunition; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Ammunition + HW.Equipment-Surveys-Ammunition-Depleted-Uranium)

HW.Cluster-weapons (formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Cluster-weapons)

HW.Electronics (formerly Equipment-Surveys-Electronics)

HW.EW (electronic warfare incl. ECM + ECCM + ESM; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Electronic-Warfare)

HW.Improvised-Weapons (home-made/artisan weapons; do-it-yourself weapons; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Improvised-Weapons)

HW.Lasers (formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-LASERS)

HW.Mines (landmines + naval mines; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Mines)

HW.Non-Lethal-Weapons (formerly Equipment-Surveys-Non-Lethal-Weapons)

HW.Simulation (general simulation/training equipment; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Simulation-Training)

HW.SMARMS (general small arms & light weapons; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-SMARMS)

HW.Software (formerly Equipment-Surveys-Computers-Software)

HW.Space (general weapons in space and space launchers; for satellites use HW.SA)

HW.Surplus (general surplus weapons; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Surplus-Weapons)

HW.Vehicles (general non-armoured vehicles; formerly HW.Equipment-Surveys-Vehicles)

HW.UGV (general Unmanned Ground Vehicle)

H.COOP – source on cooperation on weapon development/cooperative weapons development programmes

H.COOP-General

H.COOP-AFRICA

H.COOP-ASIA

H.COOP-ASIA-Europe

H.COOP-AUS-NZ

H.COOP-CIS-CEE

H.COOP-GCC

H.COOP-in-Europe

H.COOP-IND-Europe

H.COOP-ISR-IND

H.COOP-ISR-TUR

H.COOP-Middle-East

H.COOP-RUS-CIS

H.COOP-RUS-IND (formerly H.COOP-RUS-India)

H.COOP-RUS-other-countries

H.COOP-Sino-PAK

H.COOP-Sino-Russia

H.COOP-Latin-America

H.COOP-South-America

H.COOP-Third-World

H.COOP-USA-Asia

H.COOP-USA-Europe

H.COOP-USA-ISR

H.COOP-USA-JAP

H.COOP-R&D

H.COOP-Two-way-street

H.COOP-EUCLID

H.COOP-Other-Weapons

H.COOP-Galileo

H.COOP-AC

H.COOP-AC-A-400M

H.COOP-AC-Airbus

H.COOP-AC-AWACS

H.COOP-AC-ETAP

H.COOP-AC-Eurofighter

H.COOP-AC-F-16

(H.COOP-AC-JSF; deleted; use H.USA-AC-JSF)

H.COOP-AC-Helicopter

(H.COOP-AC-Helicopter-A-129; deleted – use H.COOP-AC-Helicopter)

(H.COOP-AC-Helicopter-AS-665; deleted – use H.COOP-AC-Helicopter)

(H.COOP-AC-Helicopter-EH-101; deleted – use H.COOP-AC-Helicopter)

(H.COOP-AC-Helicopter-Eurocopter; deleted – use H.COOP-AC-Helicopter)

(H.COOP-AC-Helicopter-NH-90; deleted – use H.COOP-AC-Helicopter)

(H.COOP-AC-Helicopter-Tiger-PAH-2; deleted – use H.COOP-AC-Helicopter)

(H.COOP-AC-MAKO; deleted – use H.COOP-AC)

H.COOP-AC-Tornado (MRCA)

H.COOP-AR

H.COOP-AV

H.COOP-VBM

H.COOP-TBK

H.COOP-VTT

H.COOP-GTP

H.COOP-MRAV

H.COOP-VBC

H.COOP-MI

H.COOP-MI-ANNG-VESTA

H.COOP-MI-Asraam-Amraam

H.COOP-MI-BGT-IRIS-T

H.COOP-MI-ESSM

H.COOP-MI-Euromissile

H.COOP-MI-Eurosam

H.COOP-MI-FMRAAM

H.COOP-MI-MEADS

H.COOP-MI-Meteor

H.COOP-MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System)

H.COOP-MI-Naaws-FAMS-LAMS-SAMP-N

H.COOP-MI-NSM (New Surface Missile)

H.COOP-MI-PAAMS

H.COOP-MI-Patriot

H.COOP-MI-Taurus

H.COOP-MI-Tasm

H.COOP-MI-TMD

H.COOP-MI-Torpedo

H.COOP-MI-Trigat

H.COOP-SH

H.COOP-SH-Frigate

H.COOP-SH-Submarine

(H.COOP-Electronic-Radar-C3; deleted – use H.COOP-GR)

H.COOP-AGS (Alliance Ground Surveillanc System; NATO AGS)

(H.COOP-Cobra; deleted – use H.COOP-GR)

H.COOP-GR

H.COOP-MIDS-Multifunction-Inf.Distr.System

H.COOP-EN

(H.COOP-Aeroengines; deleted – use H.COOP-EN)

H.COOP-UAV (formerly H.COOP-AC-UAV or H.COOP-UAV-RPV)

H.COOP-UAV-FCAS (Future Combat Air System; FRA + UK)

H.COOP-UAV-Neuron

H.COOP-Strategic-Raw-Materials

H.COOP-SA (Satellite)

H.COOP-SMARMS

H.COOP-Space (general COOP on weapons in space and space launchers; for satellites use H.COOP-SA)

THE I FILE – OFFICIAL STATISTICS/DATA (on arms transfers – exports + imports)

Incl. official documents, statements by officials, press quotes or reports with or on official data, or estimates of export/import data.

I.GENERAL

I.COMTRADE (general data from COMTRADE)

I.Comparisons

I.CRS

I.EU

I.IISS

I.OAS (Organisation of American States)

I.OSCE

I.UN (United Nations)

I.UNASUR

I.WMEAT

I.Yearbook (data published in SIPRI YB)

I.USA-Section-655

COUNTRIES:

All countries and non-state groups can have a I code in the format: I.Country code (use country/non-state code from general country/non-state code list at the top of the coding list)

THE M FILE – MILITARY EXPENDITURE (procurement budgets / expenditures / and costs)

M.GENERAL

M.Alt.financing

M.Financial-Crisis08

M.Conditionality

M.Cost-of-War

M.COW-YUG

M.COW-IRQ

M.EC-DATA

M.ECOWAS

M.EU-Research-Projects

M.GCC

M.IMF

M.ISAF

M.Leasing

M.Mil-Reform

M.Milex-Surveys

M.Off-Budget

M.OSCE-Milex-reporting

M.OSI (OSI Africa Project related)

M.Outsourcing

M.Privatization

M.Reviews-of-SIPRI-Milex

M.Saving-Scheme

M.Security-Sector-Reform

M.Transparency (general transparency in military spending)

M.UN-Milex-Reporting

M.UNAMID

M.UNASUR

Regions

M.Africa

  • M.Africa-Stat (for statistics/budget figures, -Q2004 for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in 2004, 2005, 2006)
  • French-Africa (Francophone Africa)
  • M.North-Africa

M.Asia-Pacific (formerly M.Asia-and-Pacific)

  • M.Asia
  • M.Asia-Stat (for statistics/budget figures, -Q2004 for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in 2004, 2005, 2006)
  • M.Central-Asia
  • M.East-Asia
  • M.Oceania
  • M.Oceania-Stat (for statistics/budget figures, -Q2004 for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in 2004, 2005, 2006)
  • M.South-Asia

M.Americas

  • M.Caribbean
  • M.South-America
  • M.Caribbean
  • M.Caribbean-Stat (for statistics/budget figures, -Q+Year for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in -Q2004,-Q2005,-Q2006, -Q2007,-Q2008,-Q2009,-Q2010,-Q2011)
  • M.Central-America
  • M.Central-America-Stat (for statistics/budget figures, -Q2004 for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in 2004, 2005, 2006)
  • M.Latin-America (South America + Central America + Caribbean)
  • M.Latin-America-Stat (for statistics/budget figures, -Q2004 for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in 2004, 2005, 2006)
  • M.North-America
  • M.North-America-Stat (for statistics/budget figures, -Q+Year for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in -Q2004, -Q2005,-Q2006,-Q2007,-Q2008,-Q2009,-Q2010,-Q2011)
  • M.South-America

M.Europe

  • M.Europe-Stat (for statistics/budget figures, -Q2004 for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in 2004, 2005, 2006)
  • M.Baltic (Baltic states – EST, LAT, LIT)
  • M.Balkan
  • M.CEE (Central & Eastern Europe)
  • M.Western-Europe (-STAT for statistics/budget figures, -Q2004 for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in 2004, 2005, 2006É)

M.Middle-East

  • M.Middle-East-Stat (for statistics/budget figures, -Q2004 for the SIPRI Milex questionnaire replies in 2004, 2005, 2006)

International organisations/groupings

M.ASEAN

M.EU (formerly M.EC-CEEC)

M.Mercosur

M.NATO

  • M.NATO-TOPICS
  • M.NATO-General
  • M.NATO-DCI-Defense-Capabilities-Institute
  • M.NATO-Milex-reports
  • M.NATO-Organization-Budget
  • M.NATO-Peacekeeping
  • M.NATO-Statistics
  • M.NATO-enlargement-Cost
  • M.NATO-enl-General
  • M.NATO-enl-ALB
  • M.NATO-enl-Arms-Industry
  • M.NATO-enl-AST
  • M.NATO-enl-Baltic-States
  • M.NATO-enl-BUL
  • M.NATO-enl-CEEC
  • M.NATO-enl-CRO
  • M.NATO-enl-CZE
  • M.NATO-enl-East
  • M.NATO-enl-EST
  • M.NATO-enl-FRA
  • M.NATO-enl-FRG
  • M.NATO-enl-GEO
  • M.NATO-enl-HUN
  • M.NATO-enl-IISS
  • M.NATO-enl-IMF
  • M.NATO-enl-infrastructure-cost
  • M.NATO-enl-LAT
  • M.NATO-enl-LIT
  • M.NATO-enl-NATO-political
  • M.NATO-enl-NATO-redistribution
  • M.NATO-enl-NATO-reports
  • M.NATO-enl-Neutrals
  • M.NATO-enl-MAC
  • M.NATO-enl-MOL
  • M.NATO-enl-POL
  • M.NATO-enl-ROM
  • M.NATO-enl-RUS
  • M.NATO-enl-SLK
  • M.NATO-enl-SLO
  • M.NATO-enl-UK
  • M.NATO-enl-UKR
  • M.NATO-enl-USA
  • M.NATO-enl-CBO-USA
  • M.NATO-enl-CRS-USA
  • M.NATO-enl-DOD-USA
  • M.NATO-enl-FMS-USA
  • M.NATO-enl-GAO-USA
  • M.NATO-enl-RAND

M.SADC

M.WEU

COUNTRIES:

All countries and non-state groups can have a M code in the format: M.Country code (use country/non-state code from general country/non-state code list at the top of the coding list)

Listed below are ONLY country & non-states group codes unique for M:

M.COO (Cook Islands – part of NZ but sometimes gives separate documents)

M.FRA-Nuclear (France milex on nuclear forces)

M.IND-Nuclear (India milex on nuclear forces)

M.ISR-Nuclear (Isael milex on nuclear forces)

M.KON-Nuclear (North Korea milex on nuclear forces)

M.PAK-Nuclear (Pakistan milex on nuclear forces)

M.RUS-Nuclear (Russia milex on nuclear forces)

M.UK-Nuclear (United Kingdom milex on nuclear forces)

M.USA-Africa

M.USA-Analysis

M.USA-BMD-including-TM

M.USA-Cost-of-War

M.USA-CSBA-Reports

M.USA-Documents (also formerly M.USA-Milex-Doc)

M.USA-Homeland-Security

M.USA-IRQ-war

M.USA-Nuclear (USA milex on nuclear forces)

M.USA-WOT

M.OTHER-STATES-Small-States (use codes for individual states)

P FILES – PROBLEMS (regarding classifying weapons)

P.Armour

P.AV

P.Software

Z FILES – SIPRI documents (historical documents/papers of SIPRI programmes; incl. documents explaining SIPRI estimates).

Z.SIPRI-AMEX (SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure Programme; from 201406 merged AP, AP, MILEX)

Z.SIPRI-AP (SIPRI Arms Production Programme)

Z.SIPRI-AT (SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme)

Z.SIPRI-MILEX (SIPRI Military Expenditures Programme)

Z.AMEX-Countries (How countries, rebels and other actors are included in SIPRI databases)

Z.AMEX-Staff (AMEX/AT/AP/MILEX roll-call of current + past staff members)

Z.AMEX-Workload (AMEX/AT/AP/MILEX documents on workload/staff needed/job descriptions)

Z.AMEX-YB-process (AMEX/AT/AP/MILEX Yearbook process)

Z.AT-Estimates (explanations of AT estimates)

Z.AT-Major-Arms (ATDB coverage; coverage changes; other definitions of major arms)

Z.AT-Research (problems of AT research/data collection)

Z.AT-SALW (Small Arms & Light Weapons in ATDB)

Z.Sources (complete reference type sources; use as Z.Sources-name of source as used in database – e.g. Z.Sources-USAF77)

Z.Sources-Sample (samples of discarded paper sources to show what they looked like; use as Z.Sources-sample-name of source as used in database – e.g. Z.Sources-sample-NAVINT)