_104 - Search & Kill Stores Fundamentals

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What is the purpose of search stores?

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Deployable stores that are used in searching for and localizing a submarine target.

Search stores are usually sonobuoys which are described by the reference material. Sonobuoys are both "active" and "passive." Active buoys are basically mini-sonars which "ping" for submarines are transmit the information up to the aircraft. Passive buoys are essentially an underwater microphone (hydrophone) which passively listen to all sounds in the water. Sonobuoys are preset and loaded into the underside of the rear fuselage of the aircraft. More are carried internally and can be launched out of the three pressurized chutes or the free fall chute.

Front 2

What is the purpose of kill stores?

Back 2

consists of torpedoes, mines, bombs, rockets and guided missiles

The primary kill store against a submarine is the ASW homing torpedo. The primary kill store against warships is the Harpoon anti-ship missile. Mines may be deployed in choke points (narrow strips of water such as the straits of Gibraltar or the Hormuz Straits) against submarines or surface ships or aircraft may be used to mine other areas such as harbors.

Front 3

Define the following acronyms associated with ordnance:
AGM

Back 3

Air to ground missile

3 types:
(1) AGM-84 Harpoon missile, in which it can carry up to six missiles externally
(2) AGM-65 Maverick, in which it can carry up to 4 missiles externally
(3) AGM-84H/K, SLAMER missiles. carry up to 4

Front 4

Define the following acronyms associated with ordnance:
ATM

Back 4

Air Launched training missile

Front 5

Define the following acronyms associated with ordnance:
CATM

Back 5

Captive air training missile

Front 6

What is the purpose of MK 20 (Rockeye)?

Back 6

CBU-99/CBU-100
Cluster bombs are dispensers which contain a number of bomblets for use against armored vehicles, personnel or small craft.

Maximum Qty: 10

Front 7

What is the purpose of BDU-45?

Back 7

572lb practice bomb
An inert, full scale practice bomb.

Full scale practice bombs are representative of service bombs in size and weight. Maximum Qty: 10

Front 8

What is the purpose of MK 80 series (Depth bombs)?

Back 8

Low Drag General Purpose bombs used in the majority of bombing operations where maximum blast and explosive effects are desired.

Front 9

What types of air-laid mines are utilized by the P-3 aircraft?

Back 9

MK-52 Maximim Qty of 8

MK-56 Maxmum Qty of 6

MK-62 Maximum Qty of 10

MK-63 Maximum Qty of 8

MK-65 Maixmum Qty of 6

Front 10

State the purpose of the following missiles:
AGM-84D Harpoon

Back 10

An all weather anti-ship attack weapon.

Front 11

State the purpose of the following missiles:
AGM-65F Maverick

Back 11

A laser guided, rocket propelled, air-to-ground missile used against fortified ground installations, armored vehicles or surface combatants

Front 12

State the purpose of the following missiles:
AGM-84E SLAM

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The Stand-off Land Attack Missile is a cruise missile like the Harpoon except it is designed for use against land targets.

The P-3 no longer employs the AGM-84E SLAM. The current missile is the AGM-84H/K SLAMER. The purpose is the same, but with Extended Range (ER).

Front 13

What Two types of torpedoes are utilized by the P-3 aircraft?

Back 13

The MK-46 max quantity up to 8. MK 54 with a max quatity up to 7, and the MK-50 with a max Qty of up to 6.

Front 14

What are the three basic types of sonobuoys?

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Passive, active and special purpose.

Passive buoys are essentially an underwater microphone (hydrophone) which passively listen to all sounds in the water.
Active buoys are basically mini- sonars which "ping" for submarines and transmit the information up to the aircraft.
Examples of special purpose buoys are the BT (bathythermograph) buoy which measures the ocean temperature from the surface to 1,000 feet deep.

Front 15

What is the purpose of a MK 64/ 84 Signal Underwater Sound (SUS) device?

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Signaling device used to communicate with a submerged submarine during exercises.

Front 16

What are three types of deployable countermeasures?

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(1) Chaff to create radar decoys or to confuse radar seekers.
(2) Flares to decoy heat seeking missiles.
(3) Jammers to interfere with or "jam" radars

Front 17

What is a pyrotechnic device?

Back 17

Fireworks adapted to military use.

Specifically, the military uses these items to produce bright lights or smoke for signaling.

Front 18

What are the two types of marine locations markers?

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MK-25 (10-20 minutes) and
MK-58 (45-55 minutes)

Used to mark the position of a submarine during an ASW mission or a survivor in the water during SAR missions.

Front 19

State the purpose of the bomb rack.

Back 19

Bomb racks carry, arm and release stores.

BRU-15, BRU-12, BRU-14

Front 20

State the purpose of the pylon.

Back 20

used to suspend launchers or bombs from the aircraft wings, fuselage or bomb bay.

Front 21

State the purpose of LAU-117 missile launcher.

Back 21

Used to mount the AGM-65F Maverick Missile.

Front 22

State the purpose of Sonobouy Launch Tubes (SLTs)

Back 22

48 tubes visible in the bottom of the fuselage towards the aft end of the aircraft in which sonobuoys are externally loaded and launched.

Front 23

State the purpose of Pressurized Sonobuoy Launch Tubes (PSLTs)

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3 pressurized tubes in which sonobuoys are loaded and launched from inside the aircraft.