WorksheetsNS3 Unit 6 Section 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What air-to-air missile was developed jointly by the United States and several North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nations as follow-on to the older medium-range Sparrow missile?
Phoenix
AMRAAM
Sidewinder
Maverick
What fixed-wing aircraft role is designed to detect, jam, and destroy enemy radars to protect strike groups?
Patrol
Electronic warfare
Airborne early-warning
Reconnaissance
What is an unmanned, self-propelled vehicle containing a guidance system that is designed to fly and deliver an explosive payload to a target?
Smart bomb
Rocket
Projectile
Guided missile
What would most likely be the first line of defense against an enemy air attack against a United States Navy task force?
Fighter aircraft with air-to-air missiles
Ship-launched surface-to-air missiles
Ship-launched anti-ballistic missiles
Point defense system
What type of plane is used for low-level bombing, ground support, or nuclear strikes?
Reconnaissance
Patrol
Fighter
Attack
What type of plane is a high-performance aircraft used to gain air superiority?
Reconnaissance
Patrol
Fighter
Attack
What type of plane is an attack or fight aircraft used to gather intelligence?
Reconnaissance
Electonic warfare
Airborne early-warning
Patrol
A pursuit curve trajectory is followed by most homing and beam rider missiles. At any given instant, the missile is pointed directly toward the target.
True
False
What is the type of missile guidance system that depends on the missile picking up and tracking a target by means of radar, optical, or heat-seeking devices.
Command guidance system
Beam rider guidance system
Homing guidance system
Inertial guidance system
What type of weapon has become the main armament on most of today's naval fighter and attack aircraft?
Air-to-air missile
Surface-to-air missile
Guided missile
Anti-radiation missile
What are the basic parts of a guided missile?
Propulsion system
Guidance system
Air-frame
All of the answers are correct
What is the high-explosive part of a missile called?
Warhead
Explosive burster charge
Metallic body
Chaff
A warhead may be either conventional or nuclear high explosive. In the case of a practice missile, it may contain telemetry equipment.
True
False
What are the types of guidance systems used by most Navy guided missiles?
Preset gyro
Homing
Beam rider
All of the answers are correct
The Tomahawk ECS missile (with a range over 4,000 nautical miles) is our present day Navy strategic missile.
True
False
Antiballistic Missiles (ABMs) are missiles designed to intercept incoming enemy ballistic missiles and destroy them before they can reach their targets.
True
False
What type of missile is an anti-ship missile that can be launched from surface ships, submarines, and aircraft?
Destroyer
Harpoon cruise
Antiaircraft
Anti-ballistic
What are principal features and range of the Harpoon missile?
Over-the-horizon range
A low-level cruising trajectory
Counter-countermeasure
All of the answers are correct
The harpoon missile is powered by a turbojet engine. It flies 100 feet above the water and has active terminal guidance radar, ensuring a high probability of penetrating enemy defenses and hitting the target. It has a maximum range of over 60 nautical miles, with a 500-pound conventional warhead.
True
False
The __________ is an all-weather, long-range, subsonic cruise missile.
Beam rider
ASROC
Tomahawk
Polaris
