what are the three functions of an IADs - Answers sensors, C2, weapons control
What is an IADS - Answers integrated Air Defense System; it is a simple entity that detects, IDs
and engages airborne targets
what is the objective of an IADS - Answers engage and destroy hostile targets at the earliest
with the most capable and the quickly make new engagements
what does an Early Warning Radars sensor provide - Answers it detects targets early and
provides attack warning/ a first look*
what does airborne early warning radar sensors provide - Answers they overcome LOS (line of
Sight) limitations
list what the C2 function in the IADs provide - Answers provides and overview for Natl command
authority and maximizes force engagement and conserves assets
name three weapons controls for a shooter - Answers AAA/manpads, SAM, AI
How does the RJ Raven exploit an IADS - Answers its used for Signal ID/Location, communicate
about it, threat warning
what part of the IADS kill chain is RJ best suited to exploit - Answers Find and FIX of F2T2EA.
Can contribute to assess
what does RADAR stand for - Answers Radio Detection And Ranging
electromagnetic energy travels at what speed - Answers the speed of light (3.8 x 10*8m/sec) or
C
__________is the distance between corresponding points on two consecutive cycles of a sine
wave. The higher the frequency, the _________ the wavelength. - Answers wavelength, shorter
the number of cycles that RF energy completes per second is called ______ and is measured in
________. - Answers Frquency, Hertz
A right hand circular polarized antenna would suffer _____ dB of loss when collecting a linear
polarized signal and ________ dB of loss for Left hand circular polarized signals. - Answers 3, 25
A radar beam pattern will exhibit a main beam as well as _____ and ______ - Answers side lobes
and back lobes
the ratio of output power to input power, voltage, or current is called ______ and is measured in
__________. - Answers Gain, Decibels or dB
Pulse duration is measured in _____? - Answers Microseconds
, Pulse repetition interval (PRI) is measured from ______ to _______ - Answers one pulse to the
start of the next pulse
Pulse repetition frequency is the number of pulses per second and is expressed with the
equation _______. - Answers 1/PRI (it is an inverse relationship)
_________ describes the ability to separate targets that are close together. - Answers resolution
most common radar antenna - Answers parabolic
name three types of common radar scans - Answers circular, bi-directional, steady
in a typical IADS, longer range, EW systems typically feed to _______ - Answers Target
acquisition radars
As the target range decreases, it will be passed to __________ with higher resolution and
accuracy needed to employ weapons. - Answers Target tracker
to conduct a good collect, we need to know ________. - Answers elevation angle, be within the
radars main beam, its location, type and function and see it at peak power.
optimally, the collection aircraft will be positioned ________. - Answers in the main beam
in considering collection profiles, it is usually easier to collect on _______ than it is on ________. -
Answers powerful long range EW/ less powerful short range radars
position 21 and 22 is responsible for _______ ELINT system and ______ collection system
operations - Answers precision/ automatic
Raven Management is accomplished by the ______ who works with the ____ and external
agencies - Answers TC (tactical coordinator)/ AMS (Airborne Mission Supervisor)
Air Combat and Command is a _______ to the COCOMs, which organizes, trains, equips and
maintains combat-ready forces. - Answers force provider
Tactical control (TACON) - Answers control of the movements to accomplish the mission
this mission type is used for training purposes - Answers locally controlled
the primary mission of the RC-135 V/W is to conduct _____. - Answers Electronic Support
the RC-135 V/W accomplishes SRO and Contingency operations through _______? - Answers
SIGINT
Electronic Warfare Support (ES) data can be used to produce information for what? - Answers
threat avoidance
during SRO we use EM emissions to _________,_______ and ________. - Answers intercept, ID and