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1C5 5-Level CDC Vol 2 Edit Code 6 > CDC Vol 2, 209 JSTARS > Flashcards

CDC Vol 2, 209 JSTARS Flashcards

1
Q
  • What does JSTARS provide?
A

Air and ground commanders with information on surface forces that enable situation development, targeting, attack planning, and limited post attack assessment.

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2
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  • What type of radar does the JSTARS have?
A

The phased array antenna

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3
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  • What are the capabilities of the operational and control system?
A
  • Predict areas screened from the radar’s field of view
  • Extrapolate moving target tracks
  • Provide compressed time replay of radar history
  • Track weapons/target pairings
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4
Q

What datalink does the JSTARS send information to ground stations with?

A

Surveillance and Control Data Link (SCDL)

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5
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What does the interior of the JSTARS consists of?

A

Five pressurized compartments on two decks

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6
Q

What radar does the JSTARS use? And what is the radar subsystem?

A
  • Phased Array Antenna

- Multimode radar.

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7
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How is the JSTARS phased array antenna positioned?

A

Electronically scanned in azimuth and mechanically positioned in elevation

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8
Q

What are the three radar modes on the JSTRS?

A
  1. WAS MIT - Wide Area Surveillance (WAS) Moving Target Indicator (MIT)
  2. Synthetic Aperture Imagery
  3. Fixed Target Indicator
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9
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What is used to schedule the radar mode dynamically?

A

Radar Service Requests

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10
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What is a secure, jam resistant datalink that broadcasts JSTARS-derived data to Army’s common gournd station (CGS)?

A

Surveillance and Control Data Link (SCDL)

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11
Q

What Link-16 terminal is used by JSTARS?

A

JTIDS Class II Terminal

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12
Q

Can SCDL and JTIDS rebroadcast information received from each other?

A

Yes

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13
Q

How many common ground station (CGS) configurations are there? And what are they?

A
  • 2 Configurations
  1. Main configuration is two or more CGSs.
  2. Secondary configuration consists of only one CGS
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14
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How many workstations within the CGSs allows operators to interact with the computer disk that stores the received radar data transmitted from the JSTARS?

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  • 2 Workstations
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15
Q

Where is the CGS housed?

A

It is housed in a shelter mounted on the bed of a truck

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16
Q

How tall is the telescoping mast that is attached to the bed of the CGS housing?

A

100-foot

17
Q

What information doe the 100-foot telescoping mast receive?

A

Transmissions of raw radar data and messages through the SCDL

1C5 5-Level CDC Vol 2 Edit Code 6 (19 decks)

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