Air Launched Guided Missiles And Guided Missile Launchers Flashcards

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Speeds from Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 are referred to by what term

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Transonic

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Speeds above Mach 5.0 are referred to by what term

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Hypersonic

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A service missile is usually referred to as what type of missile

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A tactical missile

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A training missile is classified as what type of missile

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A nonservice missile

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A guided missile is designed to be air-launched as an intercept aerial missile . It is the 9th design and the 13th modification of the design. What designator is assigned to the missile

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AIM-9M

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What are the classifications of missile homing systems

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Active, Semiactive , and passive

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Which of the following statements describes an AIM-7M guided missile

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All answers are correct
A. It is a supersonic missile
B. It is an air-to-air missile
C. It is launched from an interceptor aircraft

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In an AIM-7M guided missile , the warhead is in what location

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Between the target seeker and flight control section

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The missile battery is located in what section of a Harpoon guided missile

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The sustainer section

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An AIM-9M sidewinder guided missile had how many major components

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Five

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The control fins should be attached to what section of a Sidewinder guided missile

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The guidance and control section

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What modification of an MK 36 rocket motor is equipped with a safe-arm ignition assembly

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Mod 8

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To reposition the safe-arm ignition assembly of an MK 36 Mod 8 rocket motor , what took should you use

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A hex-head t-handle

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An AGM-88C guided missile is designed to operate in what total number of modes

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Three

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The designation of AGM-65E identifies what missile

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Maverick

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What are the major assemblies of the LAU-7 guided missile launcher

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Housing, nitrogen receiver , power supply , and electrical converter

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Which of the following guided missile launchers is a complete launching system used with AIM-9M(series) missile

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LAU-7

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In the LAU-7 guided missile launcher , the missile’s IR detector is cooled by what means

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A nitrogen receiver

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What are the two distinct interface configurations used for the AIM-9X

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Digital and Analog

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What launchers are capable of launching the AIM-9X

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LAU-7 and LAU-127

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What missiles is anti armor terminal homing weapon that uses a variety of warhead configurations , including shaped charge , blast fragmentation , and thermostatic

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AGM-114

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All versions of Hellfire missiles in the Navy and Marine Corps inventory are carried on what type of guided missile launcher

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M-272/M-299

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What reusable missile launcher completes the F/A-18 , AV-8 , and P-3 aircraft suspension and launching system for the Maverick AGM-65 air-to-ground missile

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LAU-117

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Long range missiles are usually capable of traveling what minimum number of miles

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100 miles

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guided missiles are classified according to their range , speed , launch environment
vehicle type
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the speed capability of guided missiles is expressed in what way
Mach numbers
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what is the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving
Mach number
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under standard atmospheric conditions , sonic speed is about how many miles per hour
766
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a guided missile traveling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 is classified as what
subsonic
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a guided missile traveling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 is classified as what
transonic
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a guided missile traveling at speeds above Mach 5.0 is classified as what
hypersonic
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guided missiles are divided into how many types
two
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what type of missiles are fully operational and fully explosive loaded rounds , designed for service use in combat
service
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the external surfaces of all navy guided missiles , except radome and antenna surfaced , are painted white or what other color
gray
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what three significant color codes are used on guided missiles and their components
yellow , brown and blue
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what section is the brain of the missile which directs its maneuvers and causes the maneuvers to be executed by the control section
guidance
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in what type of homing system does the missile gets it target illumination from an external source , such as a transmitter carried in the launching aircraft
semi active
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what is the element or part of the missile that does what a particular missile is launched to do
payload
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there are two general types of fixed used in guided missiles----proximity fuzes and what other type of fuzes
contact
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what are electronic detecting devices similar to the detecting systems in VT fuzes that detect the presence of a target and determine the moment of firing
TDDs
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there are three types of atmospheric jet propulsion systems----- the turbojet , pulse jet , and what else
ramjet engines
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the majority of air launched guided missiles used by the navy use what type of rocket motor
solid propellant
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the AIM-7M/P missile is what type of missile
semi active
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what missile has a low level cruise trajectory with over the horizon range that makes it less susceptible to radar detection
harpoon
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what type of guided missiles are supersonic , air-to-air weapons with weapons with passive infrared target detection , proportional navigation guidance , and torque-balance control systems
sidewinder
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what provides AIM-9X flight control and connects to the aft end of the rocket motor
FAU
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what missile is designed as a highly accurate , reliable , low maintenance air to ground hardened target weapon compatible wth a variety of airborne platforms in the U.S Navy and U.S Marine Corps inventories
Maverick
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what is a supersonic , air to ground , rail launched guided missile that has the capability of discriminating a single target from a number enmities in the environment
HARM
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what type of missile is an anti armor terminal homing weapon that uses a variety of warhead configurations , including shaped charge , blast fragmentation , and themobaric , to defeat individual hard point targets with minimal exposure to enemy fire by delivery platform
hellfire
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the hellfire missiles may be launched in day or night operation in three launch modes and in how many different firing modes
four
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what is a family of low cost , air to ground weapons which employ a GPS aided inertial guidance system and kinematic ally efficient airframe that satisfies the stand off requirements for attacking interdiction targets from outside enemy point defenses during day , night and adverse weather conditions
JSOW
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what type of missile is a small , light , precision guided , small yield weapon used for light fortified structures and soft targets which is designed as a highly accurate and reliable air to ground weapon with low maintenance requirements
griffin
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the griffin missile has how many cockpit selectable fixing option for controlled lethality and minimizing collateral damage
three
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what guided missile launcher is a reusable launcher that provides a complete launching system for use with the AIM-9 sidewinder and AGM-22 SideArm missile
LAU-7
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what series guided missile launcher is designed to carry and launch the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM missile
LAU-127
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the TOW missile launcher (TMI) supports how many BGM-71 (TOW) missiles and provide electrical interface with the TOW Missile System (TMS)
two
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what series missile launcher adapter is used to adapt the LAU-7 missile launcher , providing sidewinder missile capabilities
ADU-299
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what concept has improved the reliability , availability , and logistics support of current guided missiles used by fleet activities
AUR
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the service life or serviceable in Service Time (SIST) of an AUR missile begins at a NAWEPSTA or where else
NAWMU
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under the AUR concept , missiles are received aboard ship in containers completely assembled except for what parts
wings and fins
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when testing for leaks in a gas container , what should you use
soapy water
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long range guided missiles are usually capable of traveling a distance of at least how many miles
100