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32 Cards in this Set
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What does CIWS stand for? |
Close-in Weapon System |
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What is CIWS primary purpose? |
Last line of Anti-Ship Missile Def |
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What is the secondary purpose for CIWS? |
surface and low-slow flying targets |
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CIWS: range? |
1 nm |
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CIWS: max capacity of drum? |
1550 rounds |
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CIWS: rate of fire in surface? |
3000 rounds per min |
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CIWS: rate of fire in air? |
4500 rounds per min |
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Where can we fire CIWS from? |
LCS & RCS |
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What does LCS stand for? |
Local control station |
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Where is the CIWS LCS? |
Aft CIWS workshop |
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What does RCS stand for? |
Remote control station |
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Where is the RCS? |
In CIC, left of MSS |
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What's the only mechanical safety for CIWS? |
Clearing sector holdback tool |
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What is the OGB? |
Optimized gun barrel |
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ELC? |
Enhanced lethality cartridge |
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How many barrels are there? |
6 |
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What are 2 types of CIWS rounds? |
Mk 244 ELC, MK 149 |
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What are the CIWS rounds made of? |
Tungsten |
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What do the OGBs enable? |
Fire the ELC rounds |
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How is it a closed-loop system? |
While firing, CIWS tracks it's own rounds for continuous aim correction |
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What inputs required to fire? |
440 VAC; fireman |
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What type of search radar does CIWS have? |
4 beam, phased array |
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5 modes: |
Battery off, standby, air ready, AAW manual, AAW auto |
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2 submodes: |
Remote Designate & PSuM |
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How long for standby to be achieved |
5 min |
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What is happening in Air Ready? |
The search antenna is spinning but not radiating |
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Operator action with AAW Manual? |
Press FIRE |
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Operator action with AAW Auto? |
All safeties off, aaw auto will automatically fire on a threat |
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What is remote designate? |
Allows AEGIS to send targets to CIWS via WCS |
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What is PSuM |
Phalanx surface mode |
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What is PSuM used for |
Surface or low-slow flying targets |
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What is a hot gun for CIWS |
More than 300 rounds in less than 5 minutes |
