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NS-3 Naval Knowledge U5C16: Intro to Naval Weapons
NS-3 Naval Knowledge U5C16: Intro to Naval Weapons
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NS-3 Naval Knowledge U5C16: Intro to Naval Weapons
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1
When did aircraft carrier replace battleship as the main weapon platform of the world’s navies?
Korean War
WW II
Spanish-American War
WWI
2
a combination of ordnance platforms and equipment to bring firepower to bear against enemy.
A navigation system
A weapons system
An offensive system
A defense system
3
This is a collective term for weapons hardware such as launchers and naval guns
Gunnery
Inert Ordnance
Explosive ordnance
Weaponry
4
In what year was the first use of naval gunfire recorded ?
1453
1812
1492
1066
5
Weapons that help protect entire force in your zone are known as providing what type of defense
Zone Defense
Point defense
Area Defense
Self Defense
6
What development increased range and accuracy in naval guns in the early 20
th
century?
Rifling and electro-telescopic sights
Rifling and study of ballistics
Radar and sonar
The Norden bombsight and modern cartography
7
Which is NOT one of the three basic components of a modern Weapons Control System?
One or more fire control systems
A qualified Navy-trained operator
A tactical data system
A weapons direction system
8
Electronic Nav, communication, and weapons control systems used by aircraft and satellites.
Avionics
Eugenics
Mark V Mod IV Black Box
Air SAT
9
What department is in charge of weapons on auxiliary / supply ships?
a. The Navy Department
c. Combat Systems Department
d. Operations Department
b. The Deck Department
10
What department is in charge of weapons on most US Navy surface combatant ships?
Combat Systems Department
The Deck Department
The Navy Department
Operations Department
11
This is a collective term for ammunition, missiles, torpedoes, mines, bombs, and rockets.
Gunnery
Inert Ordnance
Weaponry
Explosive ordnance
12
By the time of the Battle of Jutland, what was the range of a naval gun?
3 miles
9 miles
24 miles
18 miles
13
What is the most sophisticated and capable Weapons Control System ever developed?
Phalynx
AEGIS
LORAX
LORAN
14
What nation launched and commissioned the first aircraft carrier, and when?
United States, 1921
England, 1924
Germany, 1923
Japan, 1922
15
What specific system allows all ships in the force to share target information?
A tactical data system
A weapons direction system
Omnibus Forcecomm
One or more fire control systems
16
EOTS stands for this avionics platform aboard the F-35 Lightning.
Electro-Optical Targeting System
End Of Tour Satellite
External Ordnance Training System
Engineered Optimal Targeting System
17
Which of the following is NOT one of the four elements of a weapon system?
Guidance
Delivery
Armory
Detection
18
What term refers to the science of projectile motion?
Forensics
Statistics
Ballistics
Statics
19
What two things did early naval guns (15
th
– 18
th
century) rely upon for effectiveness?
rifling and telescopic sights
Norden bombsights and modern cartography
close range and skilled seamanship
radar and sonar
20
Weapons that provide self-protection for a single unit (your ship) are what type of defense?
Self Defense
Area Defense
Zone Defense
Point defense
21
From what location onboard does the captain fight the ship?
CNN
CIC
DCC
The bridge
22
What primary consideration determines the type of weapon systems a ship will have?
Displacement
Stability
Mission
The Defense Budget
23
This is the term for the curved path traveled by a projectile.
Arc of Train
Arc of Elevation
Ballistical Pathology
Trajectory
24
What department is in charge of weapons on US Navy aircraft carriers?
Combat Systems Department
The Deck Department
Weapons Department
The Navy Department
25
Which is NOT one of the four general requirements for how well a system works.
Safety
Simplicity
Cost effectiveness
Maintainability
26
The hedgehog was a weapon designed prior to WWI for what type of naval warfare?
Anti-submarine warfare
Anit-Air Warfare
Amphibious Warfare
Anti-Surface warfare
27
What defensive tactic did the increase of lethal range of nuclear weapons introduce?
Concentration of forces
Collusion
Dispersion
Massing of Forces
28
What is the art and science of using guns called?
Battery
Gunnery
Weaponry
Ordnancery
29
This is a general term for weapons and related physical equipment
Ordnance
Demolitionry
Explosives
Ammunition
30
What term encompasses the practical use of all ordnance?
Gunnery
Weaponry
Ordnancery
Battery
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all the ship’s complement of weapons, including all inert and explosive ordnance
Battery
Armament
Armature
Turreture
32
What new capability did naval gunfire provide when introduced in the mid 15
th
century?
The ability to destroy an enemy at greater range
The Norden bombsight and modern cartography
The ability to sink ironclads
The ability to guide missiles
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This is all armament of a similar shape and size
Armature
Battery
Armament
Turreture
