Ship Self-Defense System

· Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) · Mk 36 Decoy Launching System (DLS) SSDS options range from use as a tactical decision aid (up to the point of recommending when to engage with specific systems) to use as an automatic weapon system. SSDS will correlate target detections from individual radars, the electronic support measures (ESM) system, and the identification-friend or foe (IFF) system, combining these to build composite tracks on targets while identifying and prioritizing threats. Similarly, SSDS will expedite the assignment of weapons for threat engagement. It will provide a “recommend engage” display for operators or, if in automatic mode, will fire the weapons, transmit ECM, deploy chaff or a decoy, or provide some combination of these. Q2. What classes of ship use the AN/SPY-1 radar system? Q3. In the Mk 99 MFCS, the terminal guidance phase of a SM-2 missile is controlled by what illuminating radar? Q4. Name the three modes of operation of the AN/SPQ-9 radar? Q5. The NATO SEASPARROW missile is controlled by what fire control system? Q6. What class of ship uses the Combined Antenna S y s t e m ( C A S ) a n d t h e S e p a ra t e Ta rge t Illumination Radar (STIR)? 2-13 FIBER-OPTIC LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) ECM QRCC SSDS CONTROL DETECT ENGAGE SSDS AUTOMATES THE DETECT TO ENGAGE SEQUENCE Figure 2-18. —Ship Self-Defense System.