Comments by "" (@obsidianjane4413) on "HAVE DOUGHNUT: Mossad, James Bond, Area 51 And The Captured MiG-21 That Inspired Top Gun" video.

@10:11 dafuk? It was not code named from the shape of the sight. The US had a system of code naming called NICKA that used "HAVE" for aircraft and then a random word for the sub-project. ie: "Have Blue" etc.
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@justforever96 The code names for classified programs were computer generated. The people who assigned the code name would not have known/cared about what the gunsight looked like. This is purely a case of "retconning" or a tall-tale someone came up with to explain/BS it. NATO reporting names are not assigned the same way. IIRC its literally by committee. Technically the name, esp. in Europe would have been for a bundle of sticks in French, or a cigarette in British English. I'm sure the Americans giggled sophomorically and voted for the suggestion.
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