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62 Cards in this Set
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Speeds from Mach 1.2 to Mach 5.0 are referred to by what term?
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Supersonic
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Speeds up to Mach 0.8 are referred to by what term?
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Subsonic
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A missile with a rated speed of Mach 3.2 is fired from an aircraft that is flying at a speed of Mach 2.6. What is the missile’s actual speed after being launched?
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Mach 5.8
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To prevent certain types of exercise missiles from traveling beyond the target range, what safety measure should be installed in the missiles?
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An explosive-destruct charge
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Which of the following color codes are used in missile identification?
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Yellow, brown, and blue
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The serial number of a missile can be found on which of the following missile components?
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The leading component
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Which of the following missile components is the brain of the missile?
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Guidance section
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In semiactive homing, target illumination comes from which of the following sources?
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An external source to the missile
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Passive homing is similar to active homing in which of the following ways?
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Passive homing operates independently of the launching aircraft.
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A high-explosive warhead used in an air-to-air guided missile contains what range of explosives?
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10 to 18 lb
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What are the two types of general fuzes used in guided missiles?
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Contact and proximity
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The safety and arming device on a missile is used for what purpose?
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To maintain the explosive train of the fuzing system in a safe condition until certain requirements are met
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Which of the following propulsion systems does NOT require oxygen from the atmosphere for its operation?
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Thermal jet
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Missile propulsion systems use which of the following basic types of jet power plants?
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Atmospheric jet and thermal jet
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What propulsion system is currently being used in Navy air-launched missiles as an atmospheric jet propulsion system?
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Turbojet
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Which of the following missile propulsion systems is NOT a thermal jet propulsion system?
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Gas propellant
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A guided missile that incorporates both a boost phase and a sustaining thrust phase has what designation?
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DTRM
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What type of guidance system is used in an AIM-7M guided missile?
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Semiactive
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In an AIM-7M guided missile, the flight control section consists of which of the following components?
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An autopilot and a hydraulic group
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In an AIM-7M guided missile, what device prevents the motor from being accidentally fired?
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A safe/arm igniter
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To reposition the safe-arm assembly in an AIM-7M guided missile, what tool should be used?
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An arming key
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An AGM-84D guided missile is designed to be used against which of the following targets?
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Ships
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What type of guidance system is used in a Harpoon guided missile?
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Active
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The control fins should be attached to what section of a Harpoon missile?
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The control section
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What type of guidance system is used in a Sidewinder guided missile?
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Passive
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What warhead is used in an AIM-9M guided missile?
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WDU-17/B
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A Maverick missile uses what type of guidance system?
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Laser
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The AIM-9X missile interfaces with the aircraft through the missile launcher using an umbilical cable and what?
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Mid-body buffer connector
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What missile uses guidance provided through reception of signals emitted from ground-based threat radar and has the capability of discriminating a single target?
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AGM-88
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What weapon has an inherent range capability for the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, that satisfies the stand-off requirements for attacking interdiction targets from outside enemy point defenses during day, night, and adverse weather conditions?
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AGM-84K
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What missile is a precision wire-guided, high-velocity, short-range antitank/antiarmor, and bunker weapon?
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AGM-114
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What system compresses and filters ambient air to generate high-pressure pure air used in cooling the Infrared (IR) detector in the missile guidance section?
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Pure Air Generating
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What is the baseline weapon payload used in the JSOW AGM-154A?
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Bomb assembly SUU-81/B which contains 145 BLU-97A/B bomblets
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What missile can be fired from tube launchers installed on vehicles, helicopters, or from a tripod on the ground?
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BGM-71
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What missile has a highly accurate GPS-aided guidance system, an imaging infrared seeker, and a two-way data link with the AWW-13 Advanced Data Link pod?
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SLAM-ER AGM-84 H/K
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What are the major differences between the variants of the Hellfire Missile?
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Warhead section
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What is the aircraft suspension and launching system used for the AIM-7 (series) Sparrow and AIM-120 (series) AMRAAM missiles?
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LAU-116
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The LAU-127 (series) guided missile launcher is designed to carry and launch what type of missile?
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AIM-9 and AIM-120
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Long-range missiles are usually capable of traveling what minimum number of miles?
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100 miles
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Speeds from Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 are referred to by what term?
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Transonic
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Speeds above Mach 5.0 are referred to by what term?
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Hypersonic
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A service missile is usually referred to as what type of missile?
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A tactical missile
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A training missile is classified as what type of missile?
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A nonservice missile
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A guided missile is designed to be air-launched as an intercept aerial missile. It is the 9th design and the 13th modification of the design. What designator is assigned to the missile?
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AIM-9M
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What are the classifications of missile homing systems?
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Active, Semiactive, and Passive
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Which of the following statements describes an AIM-7M guided missile?
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It is a supersonic missile, it is an air-to-air missile, and it is launched from an interceptor aircraft
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In an AIM-7M guided missile, the warhead is in what location?
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Between the target seeker and flight control section
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The missile battery is located in what section of a Harpoon guided missile?
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The sustainer section
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An AIM-9M Sidewinder guided missile has how many major components?
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Five
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The control fins should be attached to what section of a Sidewinder guided missile?
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The guidance and control section
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What modification of an Mk 36 rocket motor is equipped with a safe-arm ignition assembly?
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Mod 8
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To reposition the safe-arm ignition assembly of an Mk 36 Mod 8 rocket motor, what tool should you use?
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A hex-head T-handle
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An AGM-88C guided missile is designed to operate in what total number of modes?
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Three
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The designation AGM-65E identifies what missile?
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Maverick
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What are the major assemblies of the LAU-7 guided missile launcher?
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Housing, mechanism, power supply, and nitrogen receiver
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Which of the following guided missile launchers is a complete launching system used with AIM-9M (series) missiles?
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LAU-7
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In the LAU-7 guided missile launcher, the missile's IR detector is cooled by what means?
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A nitrogen receiver
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What are the two distinct interface configurations used for the AIM-9X?
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Digital and Analog
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What launchers are capable of launching the AIM-9X?
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LAU-7 and LAU-127
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What missile is an antiarmor terminal homing weapon that uses a variety of warhead configurations, including shaped charge, blast fragmentation, and thermobaric?
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AGM-114
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All versions of Hellfire missiles in the Navy and Marine Corps inventory are carried on what type of guided missile launcher?
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M-272/M-299
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What reusable missile launcher completes the F/A-18, AV-8, and P-3 aircraft suspension and launching system for the Maverick AGM-65 air-to-ground missile?
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LAU-117
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