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What is aircraft survivability
Ans: The capability of an aircraft to avoid or withstand a man made hostile
environment
What three factors influence survivability
Ans: Avoidance, susceptibility, vulnerability
What is avoidance
Ans: Suppressing air defense or operating outside the range or capabilities of
threat weapons
What is susceptibility?
Ans: If a threat is unavoidable, minimizing the exposure to the weapon can
reduce the chance of a successful engagement
What is vulnerability?
Ans: If the aircraft is hit, it is important to maximize the probability of crew
survival
What are the five tenets of aircraft survivability
Ans: Tactics
Signature reduction
Warning
Jamming and decoying
Aircraft hardening
Tactics may Include