There have been threads on a lot of esoteric subjects, but I haven't seen one on this.
So, what would a phonetic alphabet look like without NATO? Would it be nearer one used by many U.S. police departments? Or nearer the UK WW1 telephonic alphabet?
Would there be more than one? Say, one military & one civil aviation? Or military, civil avn, & police?
Does the dominant language depend on the "dominant" alliance partner? So maybe a German & Russian one, as well as an English one? A Chinese one?
Thoughts?