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TLAM

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TOMAHAWK Land Attack Missile

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TER

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Tomahawk Equipment Room

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RLEP

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Remote Lauch Enabled Panel

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SCO

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(Strike Coordination Overlay)

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HSD

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Heat Sensing Devices

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MCP

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Motor Control Panel

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PRPV

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Pneumatically Released Pilot Valve

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Weapon Posture 3:

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Most restrictive; CO has (mechanical/ electrical) Firing Devices; Ordnance stored deep storage

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Weapon Posture 2:

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(mechanical/ electrical) Firing Devices in custody of authorized personnel; Ordnance ready service magazines

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Weapon Posture 1:

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(mechanical/ electrical) Firing devices installed; Ordnance loaded

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TLAM CHARLIE: (Distance/ Type of Warhead/ Spin-Up Time)

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1000nm Unitary 30Min

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TLAM DELTA (Distance/ Type of Warhead/ Spin-Up Time)

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750nm Bomblet 30Min

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TLAM ECHO (Distance/ Type of Warhead/ Spin-Up Time)

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Greater than 1000nm Unitary 15Min

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RATE OF FIRE:

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1 per 7 seconds

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TLAM SPEED:

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7nm/min

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UNITARY:

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Hits directly on contact

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BOMBLET:

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Bombs (about the size of coke cans) that fall out of TLAM DELTA’s 4 cargo bay doors onto targets.

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The DELTA can hold up to

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166 bomblets

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MINIDAMA

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Miniaturized Demand Assigned Multiple Access

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FPPWP

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First Pre-Planned Way Point

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CONSOLES AND OPERATORS

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ATDC EM DBM GCCS-M ECO AECO TTWCS TCOMMS MDS TSN MDS

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ATDC:

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Advanced Tactical Display Console (located in CIC) 4 consoles all in CIC

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EM

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Engagement Manager Plans over the water (OTW) route from the ship to the FPPWP

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MM

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Missile Manager: Launching, casualty control, and selecting missiles

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DBM: Database Manager

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Maintains a surface picture for TOMAHAWK; operator for GCCS-M console

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GCCS-M

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Global Command & Control System-Maritime; manages track data for all contacts providing as close to real-time as possible track picture.

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ECO

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Engagement Control Officer; supervises the strike/internal reports

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AECO

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Assistant Engagement Control Officer; back up/external reports

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TTWCS

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Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System; our operating system

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TCOMMS

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Tomahawk Communications System All off-ship communications enter/leave through it; located in TER

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MDS

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Mission Distribution System: holds all data necessary such as missions and overlays

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STRIKE COMMS

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TSN RNI EHF VOX EHF PTP SIPR

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TSN

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Tomahawk Strike Network: used to communicate with the TLAM ECHO with UHF 5Khz SATCOM using MINIDAMA

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RNI

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Remote Network Interface: transfers data through TCOMMS (SHF)

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EHF VOX

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Extremely high frequency voice circuit for the strike group

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EHF PTP

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Extremely high frequency point to point, backup to RNI

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SIPR

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Missions downloaded and put on a secret disk that is then loaded into the MDS

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TASKING AND STRIKE PACKAGES

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LAC TSC ESP-L ESP-E LSP NDIGO VERBAL

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LAC

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Launch Area Coordinator: responsible for shipping deconfliction of flight paths for OTW portion

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TSC

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Tomahawk Strike Coordinator: in charge of tasking and missions

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ESP-L

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Electronic Strike Package-Launch: planned mission data, sent to TTWCS

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ESP-E

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Electronic Strike Package-Execute: authorization to power up/spin up missiles and execute missions

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LSP

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Launch Sequence Plan: planned mission data for flight paths manually put into TTWCS

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INDIGO

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Paper Strike Package: authorization to power up/spin up missiles and execute missions

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VERBAL

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Comes from TSC over EHF NET 680

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ORDERS COME BY

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PAPER AUTHORIZATION THROUGH RADIO

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STRIKE ORDER OF EVENTS

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RECEIPT TASKING, EMs plan, EMs send, TSC, MMs, 10min, 2min, 1min

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STRIKE ORDER OF EVENTS

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(1)RECEIPT OF TASKING VIA LSP/ESP-L/VERBAL (2) EMs PLAN OTW ROUTES, MMS PRESELECT MISSILES. (3) EMs SEND SCO (Strike Coordination Overlay) FOR OTW ROUTE
APPROVAL FROM LAC. CO APPROVES OTW ROUTE FROM PRINTED HARD COPIES (4) TSC SENDS EXECUTE ODER VIA INDIGO/ESP-E/VERBAL. (5) MMs START INITIALIZING MISSILES FROM PRE-SELECTED CELLS. (6) 10MIN UNTIL FIRST LAUNCH, FINAL APPROVAL ON PLANS FROM CURRENT TRACK PICTURE. (7) 2MIN UNTIL FIRST LAUNCH, SOUND THE SALVO WARNING ALARMS AND CLOSE THE TOXIC GAS VENT DAMPERS. (8) 1MIN PRIOR TO LAUNCH, EXECUTE MISSION USING +1/-1 MINUTE AUTHORIZATION.

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NAVIGATION: (thawk uses for)

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WAYPOINTS, FPPWP, SCO, TOA, TOT, TOL, NAVSSI

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WAYPOINTS

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Points used to fly the missile around obstacles to reach the FPPWP, FPPWP does not count as a waypoint, min of 2 waypoints, max of 5

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FPPWP

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First Preplanned Waypoint: point that TSC takes responsibility

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SCO

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Strike Coordination Overlay: shows the route of the missile OTW

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TOA

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Time of Arrival at the FPPWP

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TOT

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Time on Target

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TOL

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Time of Launch

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NAVSSI

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NAVigation Sensor Systems Interface: GPS data that lets the missile know where to look for the satellite after the launch.

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3 WAYS TO NAVIGATE IN FLIGHT

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TERCOM DSMAC GPS

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TERCOM

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TERain Contour Matching: KEYWORD RADAR ALTIMETER: altimeter which is received by onboard radar: utilizes preloaded evaluation data maps

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DSMAC

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Digital Scene Mapping Area Correlation: matches mission data picture with picture taken by onboard camera: picture shrinks as it approaches the target

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GPS

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Global positioning system

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ALARMS (3)

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SALVO WARNING, MAX SALVO, TOXIC GAS VENT DAMPERS

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SALVO WARNING ALARMS (when, duration, events)

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activated 2 min before each launch and at the time of launch. Lasts 2min. in the event of a misfire/restrained fire: alarms are sounded every other minute for 30 min to close toxic vent dampers

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MAX SALVO FOR THAWK

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24 powered at once, 12 modules, 1 THAWK per ½ module at a time

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TOXIC GAS VENT DAMPERS (Thawk launch)
What are they use for?

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closes intake ventilation to protect the crew

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VERTICAL LAUNCHING SYSTEM modules and cells

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FWD LAUNCHER: 4 MODULES, 32 CELLS AFT LAUNCHER: 8 MODULES, 64 CELLS

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MISSILES AIR

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SM-2 AND ESSM (Standard Missile and Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile)

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MISSILES SURFACE

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SM-2 standard missile

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MISSILES SUBSURFACE

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VLA Vertical Launching Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC)

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MISSILES LAND

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TLAM Tomahawk

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ESSMs have

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4 missiles in one cell

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DUD

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non-functional missile (Inoperable)

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MISFIRE // HANGFIRE

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booster does not ignite, cell hatch must be kept open for 30min in case of a delayed launch (hangfire)

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RESTRAINED FIRE

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booster ignites, and the missile doesn’t leave the canister due to the restraining bolts.

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Canister overtempt

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(190+/- 8degrees) alarm of sets off on MCP and sends an alert to the LCU > deluge will activate for 90-110 seconds consecutively to COOL THE WARHEAD > deluge will stop, reassess, and if the overtemp still exists, will begin again until the overtemp condition does not exist

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DELUGE ACCUMULATOR TANK max normal alarm gallons & psi

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Can hold up to 28gallons of fresh water; filled to 15 gallons; low water alarm will go off at 13 gallons; pressurized to 225psi

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IF DELUGE ACTIVATES AND RUNS OUT

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FIREMAIN WILL BE UTILIZED*

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MAGAZINE SPRINKLERS

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Provide emergency cooling of fire in the launcher and are actuated by HSDs

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HSDs

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Heat sensing devices: has a fusible link that melts at 160 +/-3 degrees, activating a spring that shoots a puff of air to the PRPV, which trips at 8 psi and activates Magazine Sprinklers

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EQUIPMENT (thawk)

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LCU, STATUS PANEL, LSEQ, MCP

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LCU (location)

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Launch Control Unit; 2: 1 in CSER1 and 1 in CSER3; for redundancy

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STATUS PANEL

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Hardware fire break; 1 located in the interface room of both launchers; contains the remote/local key switch for the RLEP (located in CIC); set to remote in Weapons Posture 2

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LSEQ:

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Launch SEQuencer; 1 per module; brains of VLS; reads all faults for a specific module

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MCP

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Motor Control Panel; 1 per module; muscle of VLS; opens and closes hatches

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EVERY CANISTER HAS 3 THINGS ATTACHED

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Grounding strap; deluge hose; umbilical cable

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CSES

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Canister Safe Enable Switch; hardware fire break; located on each canister; safe/enable position; set to enable when in weapons posture 2

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2 SOURCES OF POWER FOR VLS

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60hz 400hz

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