Week 5 Flashcards
What are the inputs to a Tactical Weapon system?
AIO
Combat management system
Visual
Sonar
Radar
ESM
External comms
Navigation
Weapons
What are the outputs of a tactical weapon system?
External comms
Weapons
Submerged signal ejector
What are the 4 phases of the navigation system?
Appraisal
Planning
Execution
Monitoring
Types of navigational equipment?
GPS
SINS
Pelorus (compass)
Stellar sighting (sextant)
WECDIS
WAIS
What are the Warship electronic chart data information system (WECDIS) sensor information and inputs?
Gyro
Log
GPS
NATO SINS
AIO
Optronics
Radar 1009
WAIS
What are the different kinds of sonar?
Main frame (passive and active)
Towed array
Echo sounders
Underwater telephone
What stores are discharged from the SSE?
Smoke candles
Grenades
Communication buoys
Sound velocity probes
Programmable countermeasures
Hazards associated with SSEs?
WTI: Flood
Fire
Smoke
What is the signature reduction and management team responsible for?
Control all aspects of platform signature
Provide guidance to command
Establish quiet machinery line up
Continuously monitor signature
Assess signature and where possible action remedial activity
Operational distance of a TLAM?
2500km
Indication and Hazards associated with an OTTO fuel spill?
Orange/red liquid
Severe nasal congestion
Headaches
Breathing difficulties
Carcinogenic liquid
Hazards associated with TLAM?
High explosive warhead
Missile batteries
Igniters
Explosive bolts
Booster motor
JP10 jet fuel
What are the key aspects of an environment that are maintained within a sealed atmosphere?
Temperature
Humidity
Airborne particles
Gas content
What is the function of the AHUs/ATUs?
Control the temperature and humidity onboard
What are the effects of breathing a contaminated atmosphere?
Cells cease to function
The nervous system is susceptible to a lack of oxygen
Brain cells will die
Organs will cease to function
What is the function of the centralised atmosphere monitoring system (CAMS2)?
Sample, analyse, detect, and indicate the atmosphere at specified locations
What is the function of airborne particle detectors(APD)?
Detect the presence of radioactive airborne particles
How do we produce fresh water at sea?
Reverse osmosis
Hazards associated with the domestic and waste disposal system?
Contamination of fresh water
Incorrect materials in the system could result in blockages
Leakage of fluids/waste
Health and environmental hazards
What pieces of equipment continuously monitor the atmosphere on the Astute class submarine?
CAMS
APD
Who is responsible for maintaining the atmosphere monitoring equipment?
RPO
Where are the APDs located onboard?
No 1: Engine room
No 2: Switchboard room
No 3: One deck lobby