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MILITARY AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

Part 6

DATA LISTS

Military Aircraft Systems

AMRAAM AIM-120 Medium-Range, Radar Guided,Air-to-Air Missile, with a speed of Mach 4 and a range of 20nm+

ASRAAM AIM-132 Short-Range, Infrared guided,Fire-and-Forget, Air-to-Air Missile, with a speed of Mach 3+ and a range of 20nm+

Missile Weapon Data


ALARM Air-Launched, Anti-Radiation Missile,homes on enemy radar energy and can loiter if the radar is switched off. Can also be pre-programmed to box-search and attack the highest priority threat.

Brimstone Fully autonomous, Fire-and-Forget,Laser- and Radar-Guided, Anti-Armour Missile, supersonic speed with a range of 10nm+

Missile Weapon Data


CRV-7 Rocket General Purpose Unguided Rocket,used against armoured targets with a range of 3nm.

Harpoon Long-Range, Fully Autonomous, All-Weather, Over-the-Horizon, Sea-Skimming, Anti-Ship Missile,with a speed of 537mph and a range of 70nm+

Missile Weapon Data


Maverick Anti-Armour, Fire-and-Forget Missile, for Close Air Support & Defence Suppression againstarmour, ships, transport and fuel storage facilities, with a speed of Mach 0.8 and a range of 3nm.

Meteor Beyond Visual-Range, Air-to-Air Missile, with a ramjet engine, carries impact and proximity fuses, and has a speed of Mach 4 and a range of 60nm.

Missile Weapon Data


Sidewinder AIM-9L Short-Range, Fire-and-Forget, Air-to-Air Missile, with a speed of Mach 3+ and a range of 6nm+, it was replaced by ASRAAM.

Skyflash Medium-Range, Air-to-Air Missile semi-active homing, a speed of Mach 4 and a range of 20nm+ it was replaced by AMRAAM.

Missile Weapon Data


Stingray Air-Launched, Electrically-Powered, Lightweight, Homing Torpedo, used against ocean or coastal water submarines.

Storm Shadow Long Range, Stand-off Missile, designed to attack hardened targets, it navigates at low-level using terrain matching & integrated GPS, with a speed of Mach 0.8 and a range of 150nm+

Missile Weapon Data


Paveway II 500lb precision laser-guided bomb, homed onto its target by an airborne TIALD pod.

Paveway III 1,00lb precision laser-guided bomb, designed to penetrate hardened targets.

Paveway IV 500lb low-cost, all-weather, 24-hour,precision laser-guided bomb, with the latest GP Guidance, capable of destroying most general-purpose targets.

Guided Bomb Weapon Data


BL755 Cluster Bomb when released, breaks open in the airflow & releases 147 high-explosive bomblets.

GSB’s 540lb and 1000lb general purpose bombs use unitary blast warheads and are dropped as unguided freefall bombs or fitted with a retarder unit,have three modes of detonation: above a target in airburst mode, impact detonation, or post-impact detonation after a pre-set delay.

Unguided Bomb Weapon Data

Check of UnderstandingWhich of the following is a capability

of the ASRAAM?

Radar-guidance

Medium range

Infra-red guidance

Anti shipping

Check of Understanding

What is the range of an AIM-120 AMRAAN missile?

2 nm

20 nm+

50 nm+

100 nm+


CRV-7 Rockets are used at what range?

Up to 2 nm

Up to 3nm

Up to 5 nm

Up to 10nm


The Maverick missile is:

An anti-ship, fire and forget missile

Steered to impact by the attacking aircraft

Only effective against ships

An anti-armour, fire and forget missile


What type of weapon is the AMRAAM?

Short-range air to air missile

Medium-range air to air missile

Beyond Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile

Anti Radar Missile

Check of UnderstandingSkyflash was a

semi-active radar-guided missile. What does this mean?

The missile is fire-and-forget

The missile relies on the launch aircraft’s radar to find the target

The missile does not need any assistance from the launch aircraft

The missile uses both infra-red and radar guidance

Check of UnderstandingWhich of the following weapons is powered by a ramjet engine for long range performance?

ASRAAM

Sidewinder

Skyflash

Meteor

Check of UnderstandingWhich missile is designed

to attack submarines?

Stingray

Harpoon

Maverick

Alarm


Skyflash was replaced with which weapon?

AMRAAM

ASRAAM

Meteor

Sidewinder


What type of weapon is the Sidewinder?

Anti-armour missile

Laser-guided bomb

Short-range air to air missile

Medium-range air to air missile


What sort of speeds would you expect from an AIM-132 ASRAAM

Excess of Mach 3

Excess of Mach 1

Excess of Mach 2

500 mph


The Meteor missile carries:

No fuses and is denoted by the attacking aircraft

Impact fuses only

Proximity fuses only

Impact and proximity fuses

Check of UnderstandingSTORM SHADOW

is designed to attack what?

Ships

Submarines

Radars

Hardened Targets

Check of UnderstandingFor attacking armoured targets, what weapons should be used?

Storm Shadow or BL755 Cluster Bombs

Harpoon or Sting Ray

Maverick or Harpoon

CRV-7 Rockets or Brimstone


What is the range of an AIM-132 AMRAAN missile?

8 nm+

>50 nm

2 nm

20 nm+


Which of the following best describes how the Paveway II homes onto its target?

It's a Fire-and-Forget missile

Airborne TIALD pod

Internal GPS

Radar Guided by launch aircraft

Check of UnderstandingWhat happens when a BL755 Cluster Bomb

is released from an aircraft?

It fall on the target and then fires off 14

high explosive bomblets.

It falls to the ground and then fires off 147


It breaks open in the airflow and releases 14 high explosive

bomblets.

It breaks open in the airflow and releases 147



Airburst, Impact and Post-impact

Airburst, Ground burst, Proximity burst

Pre-impact, Impact and Post-impact

Retarded, Immediate and Delayed

General Purpose Bombs have three modes of detonation known as:

Check of UnderstandingWhich of the following lists includes only

air launched missiles and bombs?

AMRAAM, Paveway 2, Stinger, BVRAAM.

BVRAAM, CRV7, Paveway 4,1000LB General Purpose Bomb.

ASRAAM, Paveway 2, 3 & 4, SAM, 1000LB General Purpose Bomb.

Sidewinder, AMRAAM, Paveway 3, ALARM.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

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