Smesta

Any thought or idea expressed briefly in a plain, coded, or secret language, prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication.

A classified message relating to navigational dangers, navigational aids, mined areas, and searched or swept channels.

A message text without prescribed format arrangements. It is intended for fast drafting as well as manual handling and processing.

A message sent for some purpose other than its content, which may consist of dummy groups or may have a meaningless text.

A message dropped from an aircraft to a ground or surface unit.

A message text composed of several sets ordered in a specified sequence, each set characterized by an identifier and containing information of a specified type, coded and arranged in an ordered sequence of character fields in accordance with the NATO message text formatting rules. It is designed to permit both manual and automated handling and processing.