AO2 STUDY GUIDE 2023 LATEST GRADED A+
(101 QAs 100% correct)
Guided missiles are classified according to their range, speed, launch environment,
mission, and what else? - ANSWER Vehicle type
How is the speed capability of guided missiles expressed? - ANSWER Mach
numbers
What is the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium
through which the object is moving? - ANSWER Mach number
Under standard atmospheric conditions, sonic speed is about how many miles per
hour? - ANSWER 766
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 classified as? -
ANSWER Subsonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 classified
as? - ANSWER Transonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 1.2 to Mach 5.0 classified
as? - ANSWER Supersonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds above Mach 5.0 classified as? -
ANSWER Hypersonic
Which type of missiles are fully operational and fully explosive loaded rounds,
designed for service use in combat? - ANSWER Service
The external surfaces of all Navy guided missiles, except radome and antenna
surfaces, are painted white or which other color? - ANSWER Gray
Which three significant color codes are used on guided missiles and their
components? - ANSWER Yellow, brown, and blue
Which section is the brain of the missile which directs it's maneuvers and causes
the maneuvers to be executed by the control section? - ANSWER Guidance
,AO2 STUDY GUIDE 2023 LATEST GRADED A+
(101 QAs 100% correct)
In which type of homing system does the missile get its target illumination from an
external source, such as a transmitter carried in the launching aircraft? -
ANSWER Semi-active
Which element or part of the missile that does what a particular missile is launched
to do? - ANSWER Payload
There are two general types of fuzes used in guided missiles--proximity fuzes and
which other type? - ANSWER Contact
What are electronic detecting devices similar to the detecting systems in VT fuzes
that detect the presence of a target and determine the moment of firing? -
ANSWER TDDs
There are three types of atmospheric jet propulsion systems--the turbojet, pulsejet,
and what else? - ANSWER Ramjet engines
Which type of rocket motor does the majority of air-launched guided missiles used
by the Navy use? - ANSWER Solid propellant
Which type of missile is the AIM-7M/P missile? - ANSWER Semi-active
Which type of missile has a low-level cruise trajectory with over-the-horizon range
that makes it less susceptible to radar detection? - ANSWER Harpoon
Which type of guided missiles are supersonic, air-to-air weapons with weapons with
passive infrared target detection, proportional navigation guidance, and torque-
balance control systems? - ANSWER Sidewinder
What provides AIM-9X flight control and connects to the aft end of the rocket
motor? - ANSWER FAU
Which type of missile is designed as a highly accurate, reliable, low maintenance
air-to-ground hardened target weapon compatible with a variety of airborne
, AO2 STUDY GUIDE 2023 LATEST GRADED A+
(101 QAs 100% correct)
platforms in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps inventories? - ANSWER
Maverick
Which type of missile is an anti-armor terminal homing weapon that uses a variety
of warhead configurations, including shaped charge, blast fragmentation, and
thermobaric, to defeat individual hard point targets with minimal exposure to enemy
fire by the delivery platform? - ANSWER Hellfire
The hellfire missiles may be launched in day or night operation in three launch
modes and in how many different firing modes? - ANSWER Four
Which family of low-cost, air-to-ground weapons employ a GPS-aided inertial
guidance system and a kinematically efficient airframe that satisfies the stand-off
requirements for attacking interdiction targets from outside enemy point defenses
during day, night, and adverse weather conditions? - ANSWER JSOW
Which type of missile is a small, light, precision-guided, small yield weapon used
for light fortified structures and soft targets which is designed as a highly accurate
and reliable air-to-ground weapon with low maintenance requirements? -
ANSWER Griffin
How many cockpit selectable fuzing options for controlled lethality and minimizing
collateral damage does the Griffin missile have? - ANSWER Three
Which type of guided missile launcher is a reusable launcher that provides a
complete launching system for use with the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-122
SIDEARM missiles? - ANSWER LAU-7
What series guided missile launcher is designed to carry and launch the AIM-9
SIDEWINDER and AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles? - ANSWER LAU-127
(101 QAs 100% correct)
Guided missiles are classified according to their range, speed, launch environment,
mission, and what else? - ANSWER Vehicle type
How is the speed capability of guided missiles expressed? - ANSWER Mach
numbers
What is the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium
through which the object is moving? - ANSWER Mach number
Under standard atmospheric conditions, sonic speed is about how many miles per
hour? - ANSWER 766
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 classified as? -
ANSWER Subsonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 classified
as? - ANSWER Transonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 1.2 to Mach 5.0 classified
as? - ANSWER Supersonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds above Mach 5.0 classified as? -
ANSWER Hypersonic
Which type of missiles are fully operational and fully explosive loaded rounds,
designed for service use in combat? - ANSWER Service
The external surfaces of all Navy guided missiles, except radome and antenna
surfaces, are painted white or which other color? - ANSWER Gray
Which three significant color codes are used on guided missiles and their
components? - ANSWER Yellow, brown, and blue
Which section is the brain of the missile which directs it's maneuvers and causes
the maneuvers to be executed by the control section? - ANSWER Guidance
,AO2 STUDY GUIDE 2023 LATEST GRADED A+
(101 QAs 100% correct)
In which type of homing system does the missile get its target illumination from an
external source, such as a transmitter carried in the launching aircraft? -
ANSWER Semi-active
Which element or part of the missile that does what a particular missile is launched
to do? - ANSWER Payload
There are two general types of fuzes used in guided missiles--proximity fuzes and
which other type? - ANSWER Contact
What are electronic detecting devices similar to the detecting systems in VT fuzes
that detect the presence of a target and determine the moment of firing? -
ANSWER TDDs
There are three types of atmospheric jet propulsion systems--the turbojet, pulsejet,
and what else? - ANSWER Ramjet engines
Which type of rocket motor does the majority of air-launched guided missiles used
by the Navy use? - ANSWER Solid propellant
Which type of missile is the AIM-7M/P missile? - ANSWER Semi-active
Which type of missile has a low-level cruise trajectory with over-the-horizon range
that makes it less susceptible to radar detection? - ANSWER Harpoon
Which type of guided missiles are supersonic, air-to-air weapons with weapons with
passive infrared target detection, proportional navigation guidance, and torque-
balance control systems? - ANSWER Sidewinder
What provides AIM-9X flight control and connects to the aft end of the rocket
motor? - ANSWER FAU
Which type of missile is designed as a highly accurate, reliable, low maintenance
air-to-ground hardened target weapon compatible with a variety of airborne
, AO2 STUDY GUIDE 2023 LATEST GRADED A+
(101 QAs 100% correct)
platforms in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps inventories? - ANSWER
Maverick
Which type of missile is an anti-armor terminal homing weapon that uses a variety
of warhead configurations, including shaped charge, blast fragmentation, and
thermobaric, to defeat individual hard point targets with minimal exposure to enemy
fire by the delivery platform? - ANSWER Hellfire
The hellfire missiles may be launched in day or night operation in three launch
modes and in how many different firing modes? - ANSWER Four
Which family of low-cost, air-to-ground weapons employ a GPS-aided inertial
guidance system and a kinematically efficient airframe that satisfies the stand-off
requirements for attacking interdiction targets from outside enemy point defenses
during day, night, and adverse weather conditions? - ANSWER JSOW
Which type of missile is a small, light, precision-guided, small yield weapon used
for light fortified structures and soft targets which is designed as a highly accurate
and reliable air-to-ground weapon with low maintenance requirements? -
ANSWER Griffin
How many cockpit selectable fuzing options for controlled lethality and minimizing
collateral damage does the Griffin missile have? - ANSWER Three
Which type of guided missile launcher is a reusable launcher that provides a
complete launching system for use with the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-122
SIDEARM missiles? - ANSWER LAU-7
What series guided missile launcher is designed to carry and launch the AIM-9
SIDEWINDER and AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles? - ANSWER LAU-127
