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Test 3 All Flashcards

1
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Describe 3 ways to enhance nuclear weapons effects

A

Airburst - fireball does not touch the ground
(Blast and thermal enhanced, residual radiation reduced)

Ground burst - fireball touches the ground
(Residual radiant enhanced)

Subsurface blast - underground/underwater detonation. (Ground shock enhanced)

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2
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Describe the following:

B61

B86

AGM86 (ALCM)

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B61 - fighter and bomber deliverable; smaller weapon

B86 - bomber only deliverable; larger weapon

AGM86 - B52 only, air launched cruise missile

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3
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Thermal radiation effects on people

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Flash blindness causing permanent damage to the retina

Flash burns, 2nd degree burns out to 15 miles, 3rd degree burns out to 8 miles

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4
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Thermal effects on structures

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Threshold ignition of light flammable material like paper out to 10 miles

Extensive fire damage out to 8.5 miles

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5
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Thermal radiation mitigation measures

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Protective enclosures, thermal protective coatings, nonflammable clothing, tools and equipment

For aircrew, eye protection, cockpit canopy shields and maintain prescribed weapon delivery profiles

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6
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Effects of a nuclear detonation

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Blast

Thermal

Radiation

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7
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What is the purpose of detectors

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Convert MODULATED IR energy to an electrical signal

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8
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What is the primary purpose of a reticle

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Modulate IR energy via opaque and clear tracking windows and varies output of the electrical signal sent to the GCS based upon where the IR energy hits the reticle

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9
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Characteristics of semiactive guidance

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Aircraft radar tracks the target while the missile homes in on the reflected radar energy

Has a radar receiver but no transmitter

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10
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characteristics of active guidance

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Missile has its own transmit and receive radar

Missile has onboard inertial guidance system

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11
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Active guidance advantages/disadvantages

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Advantages:

  • Accurate at long range
  • difficult to jam
  • launch and leave capability
  • multitargeting

Disadvantages:

  • complex
  • jamming against TTR may be effective prior to missile radar acquiring target
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12
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Semiactive guidance advantages/disadvantages

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Advantages:

  • accurate at longer ranges
  • resistant to EA
  • can be guided almost immediately after launch
  • can compute its own course corrections

Disadvantages:

  • required reference Doppler be sent to missile before launch
  • must maintain lock on target Doppler
  • missile that required lock on before launch limits max range
  • shooter must maintain target lock thruout TOF
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13
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What affects forward quarter performance max range

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Target detection

Motor

Drag

Guidance life

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14
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What affects forward quarter performance min range

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LTE delays

Arming delays

Fuzing

Guidance enable

Missile maneuverability

Gimbal limits

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15
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Define F Pole

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Range from fighter to target when missile impacts target

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16
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Define A pole

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Range from fighter to target when active missile acquires the target with its own radar and requires no support from launching aircraft

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17
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Define Minimum Abort Range (aka E-Pole)

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The minimum range from a threat aircraft that a drag can be accomplished to kinematically defeat any missile the threat aircraft could have launched

18
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**Define Minimum Notch Range (aka N-Pole)

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The Minimum range from a threat aircraft that a notch maneuver can be accomplished

19
Q

**List the 5 basic weapon effects

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Blast/Shock

Fragmentation

Cratering/penetrate

Armor penetration

Incendiary

20
Q

List the general purpose (GP) bomb characteristics

A

Cast steel casing

Nose fuze and tail fuze wells

Aerodynamic body shape

50% explosive weight

“Jack of all trades”

21
Q

Rule of thumb for MK82 penetration

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1 ft

22
Q

Rule of thumb for MK84 penetration

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3 ft

23
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Describe penetration bomb characteristics

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Explosive weight: 10-30% total weight

Heavy, forged-steel case to prevent breakup

Tapered nose and parallel sides to prevent ricochet

Tail fuze well only to ensure nose structural integrity

Best penetration capability

24
Q

Rule of thumb for BLU109 penetration

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6 ft

25
Q

Rule of thumb for BLU113 penetration

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22 ft

26
Q

CBU-97 has good capability against

A

Moving vehicles

27
Q

CBU-97 advantages and limitations

A

Advantages:

  • blankets area with antiarmor and frag kill mechanisms
  • capability against moving targets

Limitations:

  • political constraints
  • wind and attack axis sensitive
28
Q

Munition guidance system consists of……

A

Attitude control system

Flight path control system

29
Q

3 broad guidance system categories

A

Control guidance

Homing guidance

Self-contained guidance

30
Q

AGM-65 employment considerations

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Precision accuracy

Fair weather required

Launch and leave

Low collateral damage

Limited standoff

Very flexible tactics

Easy mission planning

31
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AGM-114 and AGM-176 employment considerations (they’re the same)

A

Precision accuracy

Fair weather required

Low collateral damage

Limited standoff

Very flexible tactics

Easy mission planning

32
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Tactical missile advantages

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Precision accuracy

Standoff from small arms and AAA threats

Relatively simple to use

Can hit moving targets

33
Q

Tactical missile disadvantages

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Weather must permit target acquisition before launch

Battlefield obscurants may impede guidance

Relatively small warheads

34
Q

Laser guided bomb advantages

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Standoff from small arms and AAA threats

Relatively simple to use

Man in the loop to impact

Accurate weapon with real time hit assessment

Can hit moving targets

35
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Laser guidance bomb disadvantages

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Shorter standoff ranges relative to boosted weapons

Required close-in designator support

Line of sight for weapon and designator must be accommodated

Weather/battlefield obscurants may impede guidance

36
Q

***Factors that affect GPS aided accuracy

A

Navigation errors

Guidance and Control (G&C) errors

Target location errors (TLE)

37
Q

GPS aided munition advantages

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Standoff from small arms and AAA threats

Adverse weather and battlefield obscurant capable

Multiple delivery platforms available

Multiple weapons/aim points per pass

38
Q

GPS aided munitions disadvantages

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No man in the loop after release

GPS jamming may impede guidance

Cannot hit moving targets

39
Q

Basic concept of operations of GPS-aided munitions

Potential question

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  • weapon is released and will autonomously guide to its target, regardless of weather
  • guidance is accomplished via the coupling of an accurate GPS with an INS
  • the GCU provide accurate guidance in both the GPS-aided INS modes of operation and INS only modes of operation
40
Q

The GBU-28 has ………. guidance with semiactive homing laser terminal guidance

A

GPS/INS

17B Core I Test 3 (1 decks)

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