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Air Launched Guided Missiles And Guided Missile Launchers Flashcards

1
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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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2
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Speeds above Mach 5.0 are referred to by what term

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Hypersonic

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3
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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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4
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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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5
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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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6
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What are the classifications of missile homing systems

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Active, Semiactive , and passive

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7
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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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8
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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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9
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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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10
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An AIM-9M sidewinder guided missile had how many major components

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Five

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11
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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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12
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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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13
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To reposition the safe-arm ignition assembly of an MK 36 Mod 8 rocket motor , what took should you use

A

A hex-head t-handle

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14
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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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15
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The designation of AGM-65E identifies what missile

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Maverick

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16
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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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17
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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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18
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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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19
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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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20
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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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21
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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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22
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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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23
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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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24
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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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25
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guided missiles are classified according to their range , speed , launch environment

A

vehicle type

26
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the speed capability of guided missiles is expressed in what way

A

Mach numbers

27
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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

A

Mach number

28
Q

under standard atmospheric conditions , sonic speed is about how many miles per hour

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766

29
Q

a guided missile traveling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 is classified as what

A

subsonic

30
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a guided missile traveling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 is classified as what

A

transonic

31
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a guided missile traveling at speeds above Mach 5.0 is classified as what

A

hypersonic

32
Q

guided missiles are divided into how many types

A

two

33
Q

what type of missiles are fully operational and fully explosive loaded rounds , designed for service use in combat

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service

34
Q

the external surfaces of all navy guided missiles , except radome and antenna surfaced , are painted white or what other color

A

gray

35
Q

what three significant color codes are used on guided missiles and their components

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yellow , brown and blue

36
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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

A

guidance

37
Q

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

A

semi active

38
Q

what is the element or part of the missile that does what a particular missile is launched to do

A

payload

39
Q

there are two general types of fixed used in guided missiles—-proximity fuzes and what other type of fuzes

A

contact

40
Q

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

A

TDDs

41
Q

there are three types of atmospheric jet propulsion systems—– the turbojet , pulse jet , and what else

A

ramjet engines

42
Q

the majority of air launched guided missiles used by the navy use what type of rocket motor

A

solid propellant

43
Q

the AIM-7M/P missile is what type of missile

A

semi active

44
Q

what missile has a low level cruise trajectory with over the horizon range that makes it less susceptible to radar detection

A

harpoon

45
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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

A

sidewinder

46
Q

what provides AIM-9X flight control and connects to the aft end of the rocket motor

A

FAU

47
Q

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

A

Maverick

48
Q

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

A

HARM

49
Q

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

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hellfire

50
Q

the hellfire missiles may be launched in day or night operation in three launch modes and in how many different firing modes

A

four

51
Q

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

A

JSOW

52
Q

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

A

griffin

53
Q

the griffin missile has how many cockpit selectable fixing option for controlled lethality and minimizing collateral damage

A

three

54
Q

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

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LAU-7

55
Q

what series guided missile launcher is designed to carry and launch the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM missile

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LAU-127

56
Q

the TOW missile launcher (TMI) supports how many BGM-71 (TOW) missiles and provide electrical interface with the TOW Missile System (TMS)

A

two

57
Q

what series missile launcher adapter is used to adapt the LAU-7 missile launcher , providing sidewinder missile capabilities

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ADU-299

58
Q

what concept has improved the reliability , availability , and logistics support of current guided missiles used by fleet activities

A

AUR

59
Q

the service life or serviceable in Service Time (SIST) of an AUR missile begins at a NAWEPSTA or where else

A

NAWMU

60
Q

under the AUR concept , missiles are received aboard ship in containers completely assembled except for what parts

A

wings and fins

61
Q

when testing for leaks in a gas container , what should you use

A

soapy water

62
Q

long range guided missiles are usually capable of traveling a distance of at least how many miles

A

100

march 2016 exam (30 decks)

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