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
Military Aircraft Systems
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
Military Aircraft Systems
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
Military Aircraft Systems
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
Military Aircraft Systems
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
Military Aircraft Systems
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
Military Aircraft Systems
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
Military Aircraft Systems
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+
Check of Understanding
CRV-7 Rockets are used at what range?
Up to 2 nm
Up to 3nm
Up to 5 nm
Up to 10nm
Check of Understanding
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
Check of Understanding
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
Check of Understanding
Skyflash was replaced with which weapon?
AMRAAM
ASRAAM
Meteor
Sidewinder
Check of Understanding
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
Check of Understanding
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
Check of Understanding
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
Check of Understanding
What is the range of an AIM-132 AMRAAN missile?
8 nm+
>50 nm
2 nm
20 nm+
Check of Understanding
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
high explosive bomblets.
It breaks open in the airflow and releases 14 high explosive
bomblets.
It breaks open in the airflow and releases 147
high explosive bomblets.
Check of Understanding
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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