EW
Refers to military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to disrupt, disable or destroy an adversary's system
primary sensor
SONAR
Pro word for L11 & L16
L11 - alligator
L16 - timber
What is the harpoon
US built, turbojet powered, sea skimming anti ship cruise missile (ASCM) launched from air, surface, and submarine platforms.
EEFI
Essential Element of Friendly Information
main components of EW
(ES) Electronic Support
(EA) Electronic Attack
(EP) Electronic Protect
detect, track, and engage enemy submarines to protect friendly forces
Link 11 operating modes
Harpoon flight phases
Initial, Midcourse, Terminal
SF-700
most component non electronic jamming
chaff
difference between active and passive sonar
active sonar emits sound waves to detect submarines, while passive sonar listens for sounds made by submarines
Requires that all JTIDS terminal acquire/maintain accurate system time
5 sections of Harpoon
Guidance
Warhead
Sustainer
Control
Booster
five major functions of CIC
Gathering
Processing
Displaying
Evaluating
Disseminating
difference between jamming and spoofing in EA
Jamming involves disrupting enemy electronic systems by overpowering them with noise, while spoofing involves deceiving enemy systems by mimicking or altering signals
what are sonobouys
used to detect and track sub by deploying acoustic sensors that can detect noise
NPG
Network Participation Group
known as building blocks of link 16 network
around Mach .85
GINGERBREAD
BEADWINDOW - wrong info on the net
GINGERBREAD - intruder on the net
8 EMCON plans
EMCON ALFA
EMCON ALFA ONE
EMCON ALFA TWO
EMCON BRAVO
EMCON BRAVO ONE
EMCON BRAVO TWO
EMCON CHARLIE
EMCON DELTA
PROBSUB
POSSUB
PROBSUB - almost certain submarine is out there
POSSUB - likely presense of submarine
Protocol L11 & L16
L-11 Polling
L-16 TDMA (TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS)
what type of energy powers the harpoon missile
Turbojet
3 most commonly used search patterns
Rectangular search
Sector search
Expanding square