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7 - Surface Warfare Flashcards

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AEGIS Weapon System and AN/SPY1 Phased Array Radar and its purpose

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  • Most advanced anti-air system in existence and the Navy’s primary anti-air/anti-missile warfare system
  • The heart of the AWS and it is able to perform search, track, and missile guidance functions with a track capacity of more than 100 targets.
  • Found on:
    • CG
    • DDG
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AN/SQQ-89 USW/ASW Combat System

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  • Provides surface warships with a seamlessly integrated undersea/anti-submarine warfare detection localization, classification and targeting capability
  • Provides a full range of undersea warfare functions such as underwater fire
  • Control, on board trainer capability, a highly-evolved display subsystem, and integration with the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System helicopter for sonobuoy signal processing
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BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM)

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  • Land attack warfare and is designed to fly at extremely low altitudes at high subsonic speeds
  • Long-range subsonic cruise missile for striking high value or heavily defended land targets.
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LCS Mission Modules

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  • Mine countermeasure (MCM): Detect and neutralize mine threats
  • Surface warfare (SUW): provide maritime security and prosecution of small boat threats
  • Anti-submarine warfare (ASW): they detect, classify, localize, and prosecute enemy submarines
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Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS

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  • Provides ships with an inner layer point defense capability against Anti-ship
  • Missiles, aircraft, and littoral warfare threats
  • Fast-reaction, detect-through-engage, radar guided 20-millimeter gun weapon system
  • Found on
    • CVNs
    • CGs
    • DDGs
    • LCS
    • LSD
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Mk 45 5” 54/62 Caliber Gun

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  • Fully-automatic gun mount employed against surface, air, and land attack targets
  • Designed to engage surface and air targets and to provide naval surface fire support for expeditionary operations
  • Found on
    • DDGs
    • CGs
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Mk 46 Torpedo

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  • Improved counter-countermeasure performance, enhanced target acquisition, a bottom-avoidance preset, and improved maintainability and reliability
  • Serves as the payload for the vertical launch anti-submarine rocket
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Mk 54 Torpedo (Lightweight Hybrid Torpedo – LHT)

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  • Advanced guidance and control section employing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) processing technologies and tactical software improvements to significantly increase shallow water counter-countermeasure capability at reduced lifecycle costs
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RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)

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  • High-firepower, low cost, self-defense system against anti-ship cruise missiles and other asymmetric threats
  • Lightweight, quick-reaction, fire-and-forget missile; destroys anti-ship cruise missiles and asymmetric air and surface threats.
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RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)

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  • Medium-range, semi-active homing missile that makes flight corrections via radar and midcourse data uplinks
  • Provides reliable ship self-defense capability against agile, high-speed, low-altitude anti-ship cruise missiles, low velocity air threats, and high-speed maneuverable surface threats
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RGM-84 Harpoon

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  • Versatile, widely used anti-ship missile; Designed for shipboard launch against surface targets
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SM-2 and SM-6 Standard Missile

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  • Primary surface-to-air defense weapon
  • Primary missions are fleet area air defense and ship self-defense, also extended area air defense projection capability
  • Provides an extended range anti-air warfare capability both over sea and over land
  • Provides the surface Navy with an increased battlespace against anti-air warfare threats over-the-horizon
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Details about the Military Sealift Command (MSC)

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  • Carry the designation United States Naval Ship (USNS)
  • Crew primarily of civilians and Navy reservists
  • Hull numbers as:
    • T-AOE
    • T-AKE
  • Not armed
    • Blue and Gold on ship stacks
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Four categories of USNS ships

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  • Combat Logistics Force
  • Special Mission
  • Prepositioning
  • Service Support
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Mission and capabillities of the Zumwalt-class DDG

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  • Mission: Anti-Air Warfare (AAW), Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW)
  • Stealth warship: 50 foot reduction in radar cross section.
  • Reduced ship cost, manpower requirements, fuel consumption, signatures, and maintenance from previous models
  • Cost to build: $10 Billion
  • Expected to operate with a minimum underway watch (18 crew members, with a bridge watch of 5)
  • Has AGS: Advanced Gun System of 300 round magazine, with two 155mm weapons.
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Reverse

  • Most advanced anti-air system in existence and the Navy’s primary anti-air/anti-missile warfare system
  • The heart of the AWS and it is able to perform search, track, and missile guidance functions with a track capacity of more than 100 targets.
  • Found on:
    • CG
    • DDG
A

AEGIS Weapon System and AN/SPY1 Phased Array Radar and its purpose

17
Q

Reverse

  • Provides surface warships with a seamlessly integrated undersea/anti-submarine warfare detection localization, classification and targeting capability
  • Provides a full range of undersea warfare functions such as underwater fire
  • Control, on board trainer capability, a highly-evolved display subsystem, and integration with the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System helicopter for sonobuoy signal processing
A

AN/SQQ-89 USW/ASW Combat System

18
Q

Reverse

  • Land attack warfare and is designed to fly at extremely low altitudes at high subsonic speeds
  • Long-range subsonic cruise missile for striking high value or heavily defended land targets.
A

BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM)

19
Q

Reverse

  • Mine countermeasure (MCM): Detect and neutralize mine threats
  • Surface warfare (SUW): provide maritime security and prosecution of small boat threats
  • Anti-submarine warfare (ASW): they detect, classify, localize, and prosecute enemy submarines
A

LCS Mission Modules

20
Q

Reverse

  • Provides ships with an inner layer point defense capability against Anti-ship
  • Missiles, aircraft, and littoral warfare threats
  • Fast-reaction, detect-through-engage, radar guided 20-millimeter gun weapon system
  • Found on
    • CVNs
    • CGs
    • DDGs
    • LCS
    • LSD
A

Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS

21
Q

Reverse

  • Fully-automatic gun mount employed against surface, air, and land attack targets
  • Designed to engage surface and air targets and to provide naval surface fire support for expeditionary operations
  • Found on
    • DDGs
    • CGs
A

Mk 45 5” 54/62 Caliber Gun

22
Q

Reverse

  • Improved counter-countermeasure performance, enhanced target acquisition, a bottom-avoidance preset, and improved maintainability and reliability
  • Serves as the payload for the vertical launch anti-submarine rocket
A

Mk 46 Torpedo

23
Q

Reverse

  • Advanced guidance and control section employing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) processing technologies and tactical software improvements to significantly increase shallow water counter-countermeasure capability at reduced lifecycle costs
A

Mk 54 Torpedo (Lightweight Hybrid Torpedo – LHT)

24
Q

Reverse

  • High-firepower, low cost, self-defense system against anti-ship cruise missiles and other asymmetric threats
  • Lightweight, quick-reaction, fire-and-forget missile; destroys anti-ship cruise missiles and asymmetric air and surface threats.
A

RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)

25
Q

Reverse

  • Medium-range, semi-active homing missile that makes flight corrections via radar and midcourse data uplinks
  • Provides reliable ship self-defense capability against agile, high-speed, low-altitude anti-ship cruise missiles, low velocity air threats, and high-speed maneuverable surface threats
A

RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)

26
Q

Reverse

  • Versatile, widely used anti-ship missile; Designed for shipboard launch against surface targets
A

RGM-84 Harpoon

27
Q

Reverse

  • Primary surface-to-air defense weapon
  • Primary missions are fleet area air defense and ship self-defense, also extended area air defense projection capability
  • Provides an extended range anti-air warfare capability both over sea and over land
  • Provides the surface Navy with an increased battlespace against anti-air warfare threats over-the-horizon
A

SM-2 and SM-6 Standard Missile

28
Q

Reverse

  • Carry the designation United States Naval Ship (USNS)
  • Crew primarily of civilians and Navy reservists
  • Hull numbers as:
    • T-AOE
    • T-AKE
  • Not armed
    • Blue and Gold on ship stacks
A

Details about the Military Sealift Command (MSC)

29
Q

Reverse

  • Combat Logistics Force
  • Special Mission
  • Prepositioning
  • Service Support
A

Four categories of USNS ships

30
Q

Reverse

  • Mission: Anti-Air Warfare (AAW), Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW)
  • Stealth warship: 50 foot reduction in radar cross section.
  • Reduced ship cost, manpower requirements, fuel consumption, signatures, and maintenance from previous models
  • Cost to build: $10 Billion
  • Expected to operate with a minimum underway watch (18 crew members, with a bridge watch of 5)
  • Has AGS: Advanced Gun System of 300 round magazine, with two 155mm weapons.
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Mission and capabillities of the Zumwalt-class DDG

3/C PCA (12 decks)

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