Army Air and Missile Defense

Question 1

What are the air defense warning conditions?

Answer 1

Red - attack is imminent
Yellow - attack is probable
White - attack is probably

Question 3

What are the weapon control statuses?

Answer 3

Weapons free - fire at any target not positively identified as friendly
Weapons tight - fire only at targets identified as hostile
Weapons hold - fire only when told or in self defense

Question 4

What is area defense?

Answer 4

Broad area utilizing various combinations of sensor and shooters

Question 5

What is point air defense?

Answer 5

Protect limited areas such as vital elements of the force or installations

Question 6

What are the classes of defensive counterair?

Answer 6

Active and passive

Question 7

What is active air and missile defense?

Answer 7

Direct defensive action taken to destroy or reduce effectiveness of hostile air and missile threats

Question 8

What is passive air and missile defense?

Answer 8

Detection and warning
Camouflage
Hardening
Redundancy

Question 9

What does the Army Air and Missile Defense Command Commander (AAMDC) do?

Answer 9

-Falls under the JFLCC
-Army’s lead organization of air and missile defense
-Usually designated the Theater Army Air and Missile Defense Coordinator (TAAMDCOORD)

Question 10

What does the Air Defense Artillery Fire Control Officer (ADAFCO) do?

Answer 10

-located with appropriate engagement authority
-the Army single point of contact between land-based AMD fire direction centers and the joint or Army controlling authority
-NOT a commander but helps engage targets

Question 11

What is the THAAD? What are its capabilities?

Answer 11

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD): protect the homeland, deployed military forces, friends, and allies from short and medium range ballistic missiles

-wide area defense from theater BM
-falls into the ADA BDE
-AN/TPY-2 radar, launcher, fire control, missile
-THAAD BTRY: 6 launchers, 8 missiles, 1 fire control shelter, 1 radar

Question 12

What is the Patriot and what does it do?

Answer 12

Patriot: : Protect forces and selected geopolitical assets from aerial attack, missile attack, and surveillance
-lower tier of ballistic missile defense
-ADA BDE
-phased array radar
-launcher
-engagement control station

Question 13

What is SHORD and what does it do?

Answer 13

SHORD: Short-range air defense (SHORAD) defeat slow-altitude fixed-wing, rotary-wing, UAS, cruise missiles, rockets, artillery and mortars
-stinger, avenger, M-SHORAD, sentinel radar, phalanx weapons