AWOAC Air Defense Artillery (ADA)
(Exam 1) Questions and Answers
7 ADA Mission essential tasks: - ANS-THIS ACE
1. Theater air and missile defense.
2. Homeland defense.
3. Integrate with Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)
4. Support offensive operations.
5. Army airspace management.
6. Conduct airspace information superiority operations.
7. Early warning of air and missile attack.
Define Mass: - ANS-The concentration of air and missile defense combat power.
Define Mix: - ANS-The employment of a combination of weapon and sensor systems to
protect the force and assets from the threat.
Mix offsets the limitations of one system with the capabilities of another and complicates
the situation for the attacker.
Define Mobility: - ANS-The capability to move from place to place while retaining the
ability to perform the air defense mission.
Define Integration: - ANS-The close coordination of effort and unity of action, which
maximizes operational effectiveness. It is applicable, regardless of command
relationships established.
The AD plan describes vertical and horizontal integration of air defense systems across
the width and depth of the battlefield and includes integration with joint and multinational
forces.
Ballistic Missile Threat Ranges (What are the 4 types and their ranges): - ANS-SRBM -
Short Range Ballistic Missile
0-1000km /// 2.8 - 6 MIN TOF
MRBM - Medium Range Ballistic Missile 1000-3000km /// 6-11 MIN TOF
IRBM - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
3000-5500km /// 11-17 MIN TOF
, ICBM - InterContinental Ballistic Missile >5500km /// 17-33 MIN TOF
6 ADA Employment Guidelines: - ANS-MOB WED
1. Mutual Support
2. Overlapping Fires
3. Balanced Fires
4. Weighted Coverage
5. Early Engagement
6. Defense-In-Depth
Mutual Support: - ANS-Fires of one weapon can engage targets in dead zone of
adjacent weapon.
Overlapping Fires: - ANS-Engagement envelops of both weapons overlap.
Balanced Fires: - ANS-Weapons positioned to deliver equal volumes of fires in all
directions.
Weighted Coverage: - ANS-Concentrate fire on most likely enemy air avenue of
approach.
Early Engagement: - ANS-Position weapons and sensors so they engage before
ordnance release.
Defense in Depth - ANS-Position weapons so threat comes under increasing volume of
fire.
ADA Mission Statement - ANS-Army ADA forces will provide air and missile defense
and contribute to situational awareness/understanding, airspace management, and
operational force protection to deter or defeat enemy aerial threats, protect the force
and high value assets, enable freedom to operate, and contribute to victory.
What is the difference between Air Defense and Air Defense Artillery? - ANS-Air
Defense: All defensive measures to destroy attacking enemy aircraft, missiles, or nullify
or reduce the effectiveness of such attack (Everyone's job).
Air Defense Artillery: Ground based surface to air weapons for engaging aircraft and
missiles (the SME's who use radar and surface-to-air weapons to defend against aerial
threat).
2 Categories of ADA weapons systems: - ANS-1. High to Medium Altitude Air Defense
(HIMAD)
2. Short-range Air Defense (SHORAD)
(Exam 1) Questions and Answers
7 ADA Mission essential tasks: - ANS-THIS ACE
1. Theater air and missile defense.
2. Homeland defense.
3. Integrate with Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)
4. Support offensive operations.
5. Army airspace management.
6. Conduct airspace information superiority operations.
7. Early warning of air and missile attack.
Define Mass: - ANS-The concentration of air and missile defense combat power.
Define Mix: - ANS-The employment of a combination of weapon and sensor systems to
protect the force and assets from the threat.
Mix offsets the limitations of one system with the capabilities of another and complicates
the situation for the attacker.
Define Mobility: - ANS-The capability to move from place to place while retaining the
ability to perform the air defense mission.
Define Integration: - ANS-The close coordination of effort and unity of action, which
maximizes operational effectiveness. It is applicable, regardless of command
relationships established.
The AD plan describes vertical and horizontal integration of air defense systems across
the width and depth of the battlefield and includes integration with joint and multinational
forces.
Ballistic Missile Threat Ranges (What are the 4 types and their ranges): - ANS-SRBM -
Short Range Ballistic Missile
0-1000km /// 2.8 - 6 MIN TOF
MRBM - Medium Range Ballistic Missile 1000-3000km /// 6-11 MIN TOF
IRBM - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
3000-5500km /// 11-17 MIN TOF
, ICBM - InterContinental Ballistic Missile >5500km /// 17-33 MIN TOF
6 ADA Employment Guidelines: - ANS-MOB WED
1. Mutual Support
2. Overlapping Fires
3. Balanced Fires
4. Weighted Coverage
5. Early Engagement
6. Defense-In-Depth
Mutual Support: - ANS-Fires of one weapon can engage targets in dead zone of
adjacent weapon.
Overlapping Fires: - ANS-Engagement envelops of both weapons overlap.
Balanced Fires: - ANS-Weapons positioned to deliver equal volumes of fires in all
directions.
Weighted Coverage: - ANS-Concentrate fire on most likely enemy air avenue of
approach.
Early Engagement: - ANS-Position weapons and sensors so they engage before
ordnance release.
Defense in Depth - ANS-Position weapons so threat comes under increasing volume of
fire.
ADA Mission Statement - ANS-Army ADA forces will provide air and missile defense
and contribute to situational awareness/understanding, airspace management, and
operational force protection to deter or defeat enemy aerial threats, protect the force
and high value assets, enable freedom to operate, and contribute to victory.
What is the difference between Air Defense and Air Defense Artillery? - ANS-Air
Defense: All defensive measures to destroy attacking enemy aircraft, missiles, or nullify
or reduce the effectiveness of such attack (Everyone's job).
Air Defense Artillery: Ground based surface to air weapons for engaging aircraft and
missiles (the SME's who use radar and surface-to-air weapons to defend against aerial
threat).
2 Categories of ADA weapons systems: - ANS-1. High to Medium Altitude Air Defense
(HIMAD)
2. Short-range Air Defense (SHORAD)
