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GLOSARY OF MILITARY AND POLITICAL EXPRESSIONSŒ wilco – will comply – (radio terminology) I understand and willcarry out your instructions.e.g. ‘Hello 22, this is 2, move now, over.’‘22, wilco, out.’(„Halo 22, ovde 2, kreni sada, prijem“.„22, postupi}u, kraj.“)Œ winch – to lift or drop from helicopter using a rope.e.g. The iwured man was winched to safety. (Rawenik jeizvu~en na sigurno.)Two crew members were winched down to the forward position.(Dva ~lana posade su spu{tena na istureni polo-`aj.)Œ wipe out – to kill all the members of a grouping.e.g. B Company has been almost wiped out. (^eta B je gotovou potpunosti likvidirana.)Œ withdraw/retire – to move away from the enemy; to move backtowards your forces or territory.e.g. The enemy withdrew across the border. (Neprijateq sepovukao preko granice.)Œ WMD – weapon of mass destructione.g. WMD, usually nuclear, biological, or chemical, can causehuge devastation and loss of life. (Oru`je za masovno uni-{tewe, obi~no nuklearno, biolo{ko ili hemijsko,mo`e izazvati ogromna razarawa i qudske `rtve.)XŒ X, x – X-ray – the twenty-fourth letter of the phonetic alphabet.Œ XO – executive officer – an officer responsible for coordinatingstaff functions within a headquarters.e.g. In many groupings, the XO is also the second in command(2IC). (U mnogim jedinicama na~elnik {taba jedinice/zamenikkomandanta tako|e je i drugokomanduju}i.)Œ X-point – crossing point – a place where e.g. a river can becrossed.e.g. The incident occurred at the X-point B. (Incident sedogodio na ta~ki prelaza B.)Œ X-ray – (noun) 1. electromagnetic radiation of a very shortwavelength, which is able to pass through the human body andcan thus produce photographs of internal iwuries.e.g. X-ray can be dangerous if done more frequently than recommended.(Rendgensko zra~ewe mo`e biti opasnoukoliko se vr{i ~e{}e nego {to se preporu~uje.)2. an X-ray photograph.e.g. You will need a chest X-ray. (Bi}e vam potreban rendgenskisnimak grudnog ko{a.)(verb) 1. to produce an X-ray photograph.e.g. We will have to X-ray your leg. (Mora}emo da ti uradimorendgenski snimak noge.)YŒ Y, y – Yankee – the twenty-fifth letter of the phonetic alphabet.Œ yard – 1. (yd) a unit of linear measure corresponding to 3 feetor 0.9144 meters.e.g. There are 1,760 yards in a mile. (U jednoj miqi ima1.760 jardi.)2. an area of enclosed ground attached to a building.e.g. The vehicles were parked in the yard next to HQ. (Vozilasu bila parkirana u dvori{tu pored zgrade {taba.)Œ yield – (noun) the amount of explosive power produced by anuclear weapon.e.g. The explosive yield of nuclear weapons is measured in kilotonsor megatons. (Koli~ina nuklearnog puwewa izra-`ava se u kilotonama ili megatonama.)(verb) to yield ground – to withdraw, to go back from.e.g. The brigade was forced to yield the high ground in front ofthe village. (Brigada je bila prisiqena da se povu~esa uzvi{ewa ispred sela.)Œ Y-junction/fork – a place where a single road divides into two.e.g. They came to a Y-junction and did not know where to go.(Do{li su do mesta ra~vawa puta i nisu znali kudada krenu.)ZŒ Z, z – Zulu – the twenty-sixth letter of the phonetic alphabet.Œ zed bag – a sleeping bag.e.g. How many zed bags do we have for the exercise? (Kolikovre}a za spavawe imamo za ve`bu?)Œ zero – to ensure that a weapon is accurate, by firing a few roundsat a target and then adjusting the sights as required.e.g. 3 Section are zeroing their weapons. (Tre}e odeqeweisprobava i pode{ava oru`je.)Œ Zulu time – Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) – the local time onthe meridian at Greenwich, London, which is used to calculateinternational time.e.g. Zulu time is used by NATO forces on operations. (Vremepo Grini~u koriste snage NATO-a prilikom izvo-|ewa operacija.)Izdava~:Novinski centar „ODBRANA“BeogradZa izdava~a:Slavoqub M. MARKOVI], potpukovnikDirektor i glavni i odgovorni urednikAutori:Valentina MIKLUCBranka DIMITROVRecenzent za engleski jezik:Xejms SADERLEND SMITLektor za srpski jezik:Mira POPADI]Korektor:Sla|ana GRBA1. jul 2007.28