EW
What is EW
Refers to military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to disrupt, disable or destroy an adversary's systems.
ASW Goal
detect, track, and engage enemy submarines to protect friendly forces
Pro word for L16 & L11
L16 - Timber
L11 - Alligator
What is the Harpoon
its US built, turbojet powered, sea skimming anti ship cruise missile (ASCM) launched from air, surface, and submarine platforms.
i’m What is EEFI
Essential Element of Friendly Information
Main components of EW
(ES) Electronic Support, (EA) Electronic Attack, (EP) Electronic Protect.
Primary sensor
Sonar
i’m Link 11 operating modes
Net sync, Net test, Roll call, Broadcast, Short broadcast
Harpoon flight phases
Initial, Midcourse, Terminal
What is SF-700
Used to store access codes for a classified system/safe
Most common 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
what is NPG
Network Participation group
Known as building blocks of link 16 network
5 sections of the Harpoon
Guidance
Warhead
Sustainer
Control
Booster
Five major functions of CIC
Gathering
Processing
Displaying
Evaluating
Disseminating
Difference between jamming and spoofing in Electronic Attack (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 sonobuoys
used to detect and track sub by deploying acoustic sensors that can detect noise
NTR
Requires that all JTIDS terminal acquire/maintain accurate system time
Speed of Harpoon missile
has a speed of around Mach 0.85
Beadwindow
Gingerbread
Beadwindow - wrong info on the net
Gingerbread - intruder on the net
What are the 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 presence of submarine
Protocol for L11 & L16
L-11 Polling
L-16 TDMA ( Time division multiple access)
What type of engine powers the Harpoon missile
Turbojet
3 most commonly used search patterns
Rectangular search
Sector search
Expanding square