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When missiles in containers are received aboard ships, what components are installed after the missiles are received?
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Wing and fins |
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What are the two types of guided missiles? |
Service and non-service |
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Organizational level activity personnel enter captive flight data in what software system? |
ACES |
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Missile logbook data is maintained in what software system? |
AWARS |
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What types of guided missiles are used in naval aviation? |
Service/Non-service |
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The service life of an AUR missile begins at what point? |
After the missiles components are received and assembled at a Naval Ammunition Depot or Naval Weapons Station |
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The service life of an AUR missile begins at what location? |
The Naval Ammunition Depot or a Naval Weapons Station |
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What section of the missile guides the missile toward the point of intercept?
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Guidance |
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What is the brain of an air-to-air guided missile? |
The guidance section |
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A guided missile course change is executed by what missile component section? |
Control |
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No matter what configuration the missile is in what number is used to track the missile?
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Serial number |
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What number is used to track a missile during its service life? |
Serial number off the leading component |
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What item determines the serial number of an air launched missile? |
The leading serialized component |
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The date when a component of a weapon requires intermediate level maintenance or testing is defined by what term? |
Maintenance Due Date (MDD) |
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What are the primary purposes of a guided missile? |
To destroy and damage |
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Guided missiles are classified using which of the following factors? |
Range, speed, launch environment, mission, and vehicle type |
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Guided missiles are divided into what two groups?
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Service and non-service |
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In an aircraft, what type of missile guidance system should the operator use to keep a missile on the line of sight to the target?
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Passive |
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What type of missile guidance system depends upon the natural radiation of the target for its guidance?
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Passive |
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What section provides the internal routing for the interconnecting cable between the guidance section and other parts of the missile? |
Warhead |
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In the missile designation AIM-54C, what does the letter "A" indicate? |
Launching environment |
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In a missile designation, what information does the first letter indicate? |
Launch environment |
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In the missile designation AGM-88 what does the "G" indicate? |
Surface attack, a vehicle designed to destroy enemy land or sea targets
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In the guided missile designator AIM-54C, the letter "C" indicates what? |
The third modification of the missile |
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The missile serial number normally located where on a missile?
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Leading component
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What does the missile designation RIM indicate? |
Ship intercept-aerial guided missile |
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When a missile is de-canned and placed in the ready service magazine, what is done with the missile log book? |
Turned into the Aviation Ordnance Control Center (AOCS) until expended or off loaded |
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When does the service life of an ALL Up Round (AUR) missile begin? |
From the date the AUR is put into ready for issue (AUR) condition or date of manufacture
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Repository information on missile logbooks is to be directed to what command? |
Yorktown, VA |
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High explosive warheads used in missiles contain what range of explosives? |
10 - 18 pounds of H6/HBX/PBX (N) (Per the AO NRTC, but can vary greatly depending on the type of missile) |
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What color codes are significant when used in missile identification?
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Blue - inert |
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What are the major sections of a missile?
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Guidance, control, armament, and propulsion |
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Of the following - directing, steering, computing, and tracking which does the guidance section not do? |
Steering |
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What is considered to be the brain of the missile? |
Guidance |
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In a semi-active homing system, the target illuminating transmitter is in which of the following locations - parent aircraft, target aircraft, within the missile, or airborne control aircraft? |
The parent aircraft |
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What type of homing system illuminates targets with a component carried in the missile, such as a radar transmitter? |
Active |
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What is the major difference between semi active and passive guidance? |
Passive guidance receives its target information from the natural radiations of the target (Normally heat or RF radiation from radar) |
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Where does semi-active homing receive its target information?
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From an external source such as the aircraft |
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What type of homing system may not be effective during inclement weather conditions? |
Passive Infrared and Semi-Active LASER |
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What piece of gear inside an aircraft keeps a missile on a straight line to the target? |
Transmitter |
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The Phoenix missile uses what homing system type (s)? |
Active, passive, and semi-active |
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Of the following missiles - AGM - 65E, AIM-7, AIM-120, and AIM-54, which is launched only from F-14 aircraft? |
AIM-54C |
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What type of homing/guidance is employed by the AIM-54 phoenix missile? |
Active, semi-active, and passive
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The AIM-54C air to air guided missile employs what type (s) of homing capability?
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Passive, active, and semi-active |
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What is the approximate weight of the AIM-54C Phoenix missile?
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1,020 lbs |
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The Phoenix missile is used with what type of airborne missile control system (AMCS)? |
AWG-9 |
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When modified, which of the following missiles - Phoenix, Strike, Sidewinder, and Sparrow, can used as a surface - to - air missile? |
Sparrow |
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Of the following missiles AIM-54 Phoenix, AIM-7, Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder or AIM-120 AMRAAM which can be converted to a surface to air missile? |
AIM-7 Sparrow into RIM-7 |
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How much does an AIM-7 Sparrow weigh? |
500 lbs |
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How many AIM-7 Sparrow missiles can be carried by an F-14 aircraft? |
Six |
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What type of homing/guidance is utilized by the AIM-7 Sparrow missile? |
Semi-Active |
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What type of warhead is used by the AIM-7 Sparrow missile? |
Continuous rod or blast/fragmentation design |
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of the following aircraft - EA-6B, F-14D, SH-60B, and F/A -18, which is capable launching a Harpoon guided missile?
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F/A - 18 |
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Of the following missiles - Phoenix, Harpoon, HARM, and Maverick, which uses a turbojet engine for propulsion? |
Harpoon |
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What is the designation of the Harpoon missile? |
AGM-84 (Turbo Jet Engine) |
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What features make the AGM-84 less susceptible to radar detection? |
Low-level cruise trajectory and over the horizon range |
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The AGM-84 Harpoon missile uses what type of homing/guidance? |
Active |
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What is the weight class of the AGM-84E SLAM?
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1,400 lbs |
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How many sections to the AGM-84E SLAM? |
Four - guidance, warhead, sustainer, and control |
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What missile has all weather capability and is an anti-ship attack weapon? |
AGM-84A-1 Harpoon |
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What type of warhead/explosive is contained in the warhead section of the AGM-84 harpoon missile? |
Penetration blast |
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What missile uses a turbojet type engine?
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AGM-84 Harpoon |
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What type of fuel is used in the motor of the Harpoon missile? |
Jet fuel (JP-5 or JP-10)
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Where is the missile serial number located on the AGM-84 Harpoon missile? |
Warhead |
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What type of homing/guidance is used in the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile?
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Passive infrared |
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What type of warhead is used with the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile? |
Annular blast fragmentation (WDU-17) |
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When a plane returns to the flight deck with a CATM-9 Sidewinder missile, what has to be done to safe the missile? |
Insert detent wrench into the LAU-7 launcher and turn rocket motor arming "T" handle to safe position |
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The five major components of the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile are?
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Guidance and control, target detector, safe and arm device, warhead, rocket motor |
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What component in the guidance and control section of the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile converts electrical guidance commands into mechanical movement of the control fins? |
Gas servo assembly |
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What missile is laser guided, rocket propelled, and designed for use against fortified ground installations, armored vehicles and surface combatants? |
AGM-65E |
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What missile can be configured with either laser or infrared guidance?
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AGM-65 Maverick |
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What type of guidance system is used in the AGM-65E Maverick missile? |
Semi-active only |
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What missile is air to ground, LASER guided, and rocket propelled? |
AGM-65E Maverick |
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The AGM-65E Maverick missile uses what type of guidance? |
LASER/Semi-Active
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Of the following, Shrike, Maverick, Harm and Harpoon, which is a LASER guided, air to ground missile? |
AGM-65E Maverick |
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What type of warhead is used in the AGM-65? |
Penetrating/Blast fragmentation (300 lbs) |
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What is the approximate weight of the AGM-65? |
AGM-65E - 634 LBS AGM-65F - 685 LBS |
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The AGM-65 is propelled by what type of motor?
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Dual thrust (boost/sustain) solid propellant rocket |
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HARM missiles are best suited for use on which of the following targets? |
Radar emplacements |
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What missile when used in conjunction with the aircraft's launching avionics, detects, identifies, and locates enemy radar? |
AGM-88 HARM |
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What missile is used against surface targets that radiate electromagnetic energy? |
AGM-88 HARM |
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What missile is used against surface targets that radiate electromagnetic energy? |
AGM-88 HARM |
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What missile (s) did the AGM-88 HARM replace? |
AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard Arm |
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What missile is a passive homing, air to ground, anti-radar, guided missile? |
HARM |
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What type of warhead is used in the AGM-88 HARM? |
Directed fragmentation |
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What is the approximate weight of the AGM-88?
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800 lbs
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What provides thrust for the AGM-88? |
A low smoke, solid propellant, Dual Thrust Rocket Motor (DTRM)
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How does the AGM-45 Shrike missile receive its homing signals? |
Enemy radar |
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What air to surface missile has short to medium range and infrared guidance? |
AGM-65F Maverick |
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What is the prescribed range of the AGM-119B Penguin missile?
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Short to medium |
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The AGM-119 Penguin missile uses what kind of homing? |
Infrared terminal homing |
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What air to ground missile has short to medium range, infrared guidance and is used against ships? |
AGM-119 Penguin |
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What missile is an anti-armor, laser guided, air to ground weapon that uses a shaped charge warhead to defeat hard point targets with minimal exposure of the launch helicopter to enemy fire? |
AGM-114 Hellfire |
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The AGM-114 Hellfire missile uses what type of guidance? |
Laser
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What is the approximate weight of the AGM-114 hellfire missile? |
100 lbs |
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What type of warhead is used in the AGM-114 Hellfire series missile? |
Shaped charge or blast fragmentation with incendiary or thermobaric capability depending on the version |
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What versions of the AGM-114 are approved for shipboard use? |
AGM-114B and AGM-114K (That is due to the addition Safe Arm Device (SAD) to these versions) |
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What guided missile is a supersonic, medium range, air to air weapon with active radar target detection and on-board inertial navigation guidance? |
AIM-120 Advance Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) |
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Where is the TDD assembly located on the AIM-120? |
Forward of the electronics assembly |
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Where is the electronics assembly located on the AIM-120?
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Aft of the seeker and servo assemblies |
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What is the approximate weight of the AIM-120? |
350 lbs |
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What type of warhead is used in the AIM-120? |
Fragmentation |
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There are how many different Configurations of the TALD? |
Three A/B-37U-1 (V) - 1 Chaff Vehicle A/B -37U-1 (V) -2 RF Vehicle ADM-141A/B RF Vehicle
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What is the designation of the Tactical Air Launched Decoy (TALD) used for Radio Frequency (RF) emissions? |
A/B-37U-1 (V) 2 or ADM-141A/B |
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What is the designation of the Tactical Air Launched Decoy (TALD) that uses chaff as a decoy? |
A/B-37U-1 (V) 1 |
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What is the nominal weight of the TALD chaff vehicle?
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382 lbs |
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What is the nominal weight of the TALD RF vehicle? |
400 lbs
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What decoy has turbojet propulsion, low-level navigation and provides the Navy operational elements with an effective radar decoy capability? |
ADM-141C Improved Air Launched Tactical Decoy (ITALD) |
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What is the weight of the ADM-141C ITALD?
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375 lbs (This includes 47 lbs (6 gallons) of JP-10 fuel) |
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What missile is an air-to-ground glide weapon that can be employed against a variety of land and sea targets, can incorporate a 500 pound warhead or cluster munition and uses GPS for navigation?
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AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) |
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What configuration of the JSOW delivers a 500 pound warhead derived from the MK-80 series of weapons?
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AIM-154C |
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What is the weight of the AIM-154C?
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1965 LBS |
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What configuration of the JSOW delivers cluster munitions bomblets?
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(a) 145 (b) BLU-197 |
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What is the weight of the AGM-154A? |
1,065 LBS |
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For the LAU-7 nitrogen receiver, what pressure indicator color contains the range 2.2 to 2.8 PSI? |
Yellow
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The LAU-7/A guided missile launcher nitrogen receiver store what maximum amount of high pressure nitrogen?
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3,200 psig |
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How many psi should be indicated on the LAU-7 nitrogen receiver assembly? |
3,200 |
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To cool a missile's IR detector in the guidance system, a LAU-7/A guided missile launcher nitrogen receiver stores what specific amount of high pressure nitrogen? |
3,200 psig |
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The PP-2581/A power supply is a single phase power supply used in what launcher?
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LAU-7
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What is done to complete the cooling circuit on the LAU-7A missile launcher? |
Load missile/connect the umbilical |
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For information on the LAU-7 launcher refer to what publication? |
NA 11-75A-54 |
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What adapter allows suspension of the LAU-7A launcher to the aircraft bomb rack? |
ADU-299/E |
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Of the following components - forward retainer assemblies, sway braces, aft detent blocks, and snubbers, which is used on the LAU-7 launcher prevent movement of a missile in flight? |
Snubbers |
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What holds the AIM-9 in place on the LAU-7 launcher while in-flight? |
Detents and snubbers |
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Longitudinal and lateral movements of a missile loaded on a LAU-7/A missile launcher are prevented by what components? |
Forward and aft snubbers |
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The nitrogen system in a LAU-7 missile is used for what purpose? |
Cools the missile's infra-red detector |
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What missile launcher requires an Eddy current inspection? |
LAU-7 |
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What missile launcher incorporates a countermeasures dispenser, which provides a countermeasure capability against radar homing and infra-red seeking missiles?
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LAU-138 BOL/Chaff (Modification of the LAU-7/A-6 launcher)
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What missile is compatible with the LAU-118 guided missile launcher? |
AGM-88 HARM |
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Of the following launchers - LAU-116, LAU-118, LAU-115, and LAU-117, which is capable if carrying and launching the MAVERICK missile?
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LAU-117 |
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What component of the LAU-117A launcher prevents accidental release of the missile?
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Missile Restraint Device (MRD) holdback pin |
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What manual contains LAU-117A (V) 2/A missile launcher intermediate level maintenance information? |
NAVIAR 11-75A-79 |
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What component of the LAU-117A launcher prevents accidental release of the missile? |
Missile Restraint Device (MRD) holdback pin |
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On the LAU-117A guided missile launcher, the hold back pin on the MRD can be retracted by moving the bell crank shaft in what direction? |
Clockwise |
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The LAU-118 is used to carry and launch what missile?
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AGM-88 HARM |
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Of the following - LAU-7, LAU-93, Aero 7A-5, and Aero 5B-1, which is suspended from a bomb rack? |
Aero 5B-1 |
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What guided missile launcher provides a rail to carry a single AGM-45 Shrike missile?
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Aero 5B-1 |
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Of the following guided missile launchers - LAU-92, LAU-93, Aero 5B-1, and the LAU-77A, which is a rail launcher? |
Aero 5B-1 |
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During missile loading/unloading, how do you manually unlock the detent on the Aero 5B-1 guided missile launcher?
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Pull detent handle up and out lifting the detent clear of the missile |
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Of the following launchers - LAU-117, LAU-118, LAU-116, and LAU-127, which is capable of launching the AIM-9 series Sidewinder missile? |
LAU-127 |
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The LAU-127 missile launcher carries and launches what missile system (s)? |
AIM-120 OR AIM-9 |
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On an F/A-18, what missile is launched from a LAU-116A? (hips) |
AIM-7 Sparrow or AIM-120 AMRAAM |
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The LAU-115 launcher is capable of suspending and launching all EXCEPT which of the following missiles - AIM-120, AGM-120, AIM-7, and AIM-9? |
AGM-122 |
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How many and what type cads are used with a LAU-116 to shoot a AIM-7 Sparrow missile? |
Two (2) CCU-45 |
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The LAU-115 missile launcher used on the F/A-18 provides suspension capabilities for what missile? |
AIM-7 Sparrow |
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What launcher used on the F/A-18 can carry two AIM-9s or one AIM-7? |
LAU-115 configured with two LAU-127s
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The LAU-116/A missile launcher used on the F/A18 provides suspension for what missile? |
AIM-7 Sparrow |
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On the F/A-18 which of the following launchers - LAU-117/A, LAU-116/A, LAU-93/A or LAU-92/A is used to suspend and launch a Sparrow missile? |
LAU-116A |
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On the LAU-116/A, the AIM-120 missile umbilical connection point in what location? |
Aft of the forward snubber |
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When weapons are loaded on an aircraft that is on deck, when, if ever, should you activate the master arm? |
Never |
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What distance is the AIM-7 Sparrow held, in inches, from the LAU-115 to connect the motor fire connector? |
3 inches - Raise missile to within 3 inches of launcher and connect and LOCK missile motor fire connector to missile
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What is the I-Level maintenance publication for the LAU-116? |
AW-394AC-750-010 |
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The LAU-93 is used to carry and ejector launch what missile?
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AIM-54 Phoenix
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How many ejectors are on the LAU-93/A missile launcher?
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Two (2) |
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What CAD is used in the LAU-93 missile launcher ejector assemblies?
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MK-107 |
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During an emergency situation, do both the LAU-77 launcher and the missile jettison from the Aero 7A ejector rack? |
Yes |
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What adapter is used to adapt the LAU-7 missile launcher to the parent rack of an A-6 providing missile capability? |
ADU-299 = LAU-7 |
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What is the only test that can be performed on an all up round missile? |
Missile on Aircraft Test (MOAT) |
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Forwarding firing ordnance is always loaded where?
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Authorized loading areas facing uninhabited areas |
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What guided missile launcher was developed specifically for the AGM-114 Hellfire missile and provides the electronic and mechanical interface between the missile and helicopter?
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M299 (Navy - Digital) |
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What missile launcher suspends and launches the AGM-114 Hellfire missile? |
M299 |
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A single M299 can carry up to how many Hellfire missiles? |
Four |