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How are guided missiles classified? According to their range, speed, launch environment, mission, and vehicle type A long-range guided missile can travel what distance? At least 100 miles What missile does not exceed the range capabilities of long-range guns? The short-range guided missile How is the speed capability of guided missiles expressed? In Mach numbers What is a Mach number? The ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving What is considered sonic speed under standard atmospheric conditions? About 766 miles per hour or Mach 1.0 What is supersonic speed equal to if sonic speed is equal to Mach 1? Mach 1.2 to Mach 5. 0 How is the speed of a air-launched guided missile determined? The speed of the launching aircraft is added to the speed of the missile What are the two types of guided missiles? Service and nonservice missiles What are service missiles? They are fully operational and fully explosive loaded rounds, designed for service use in time of war What are the two types of nonservice missiles? Captive air training missiles (CATMs) and dummy air training missiles (DATMs) Which nonservice missile is used for pilot training in aerial target acquisition and aircraft controls/displays? The CATM Which nonservice missile is used for pilot training during fleet weapon training exercises? The DATM What is the purpose of dummy air training missiles? They are ground training missiles used to train ground personnel missile assembly/disassembly, uploading/download, and handling procedures What two types of guided missiles are used in naval aviation? Air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles What do the first three letters of a missile designation sequence represent? The launch environment, the primary mission of the missile, and the type of vehicle, respectively What is the meaning of the designator, AGM? Air-launched, service-attack, guided missile What is the meaning of the designator RIM? Ship-launched, intercept-aerial, guided missile What number follows the basic designator? A design number What color are the external surfaces of all Navy guided missiles painted? All surfaces, except radome and antenna surfaces, are painted white What are the three significant color codes used on guided missiles and their components? Yellow, brown, and blue What do color codes on guided missiles indicate? The explosive hazard in the missile component Where would you find the serial number in an assembled missile? The missile serial number is normally the serial number found on the leading component of the missile List the major sections of the guided missile. The guidance section, control section, armament section, and propulsion section What is considered the "brain" of the missile? The guidance section The complete missile guidance system includes what two systems? The electronic sensing system and the control system Which system carries out the guidance orders initiated by the electronic sensing system? The control system Name two possible physical influences of a target on which homing systems are based. Radar reflections and thermal characteristics How are homing systems classified? As active, semiactive, and passive In what type of homing system is target illumination supplied by a component carried in the missile, such as a radar transmitter? The active homing system In what type of homing system does the missile get its target illumination from an external source, such as a transmitter carried in the launching aircraft? The semiactive homing system What components belong to the armament system? The payload, fuzing, safety and arming (S&A) devices, and target-detecting devices (TDDs) What is the payload of a missile? It is the explosive charge, which is carried in the warhead of the missile What type of payload is used in high-explosive warheads used in air-to-air guided missiles? Generally 10 to 18 pounds ofH-6, HBX, or PBX high explosives Where is the fuzing and firing system normally located? In or next to the missile's warhead section What are the two general types of fuzes used in guided missiles? Proximity fuzes and contact fuzes What is the function of safety and arming (S&A) devices? They maintain the explosive train of a fuzing system in a safe condition until the acceleration requirement is met after launch What component of the armament section detects the presence of a target and determines the moment of firing? The target detecting devices (TDD) What are the two basic types of jet propulsion used with guided missiles? The atmospheric (air-breathing) jet and the thermal jet What is the basic difference between the two propulsion systems? The atmospheric jet depends on the atmosphere to supply the oxygen for proper fuel burning, and the thermal jet contains its own supply of oxygen and is independent from the atmosphere What are types of atmospheric jet propulsion systems? The turbojet, pulsejet, and ramjet engines Of the three atmospheric jet propulsion systems, which engine is the only one being used in Navy air-launched missiles? The turbojet engine List the components of a typical turbojet engine. An air intake, a mechanical compressor driven by a turbine, a combustion chamber, and an exhaust nozzle What types of propellants are used with thermal jet propulsion systems? Solid, liquid, and combined propellant systems. What type of propellant is used in the majority of Navy air-launched guided missiles? Solid propellant rocket motor What rocket motor contains a single propellant grain made of two types of solid propellant-boost and sustaining? The dual thrust rocket motor (DTRM) What type of missile is the AIM-7 F/M? It is a supersonic, air-to-air DTRM, guided missile The AIM-7F/M missile is launched from what aircraft? F/A-18 aircraft What are the major functional components of the AIM-7F/M missile? The target seeker and flight control, the rocket motor and warhead Within the radome of the Sparrow III missile, what feature receives and interprets the radar energy reflected from the target? The target seeker