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FIRING AIRCRAFT [10 records]

Record 1 2021-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

Firing a shell from a gun at an aircraft is very different from launching an active radar-guided missile at a ship, which is very different from firing a passive radar guided missile at an incoming missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Tirer un obus avec un canon sur un aéronef est très différent de lancer un missile à guidage radar actif vers un navire, ce qui à son tour est très différent de tirer un missile à guidage radar passif.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Arms Control
  • Military Logistics
DEF

A facility or precisely delineated geographic location which contains one or more objects of verification.

OBS

A declared site shall consist of all territory within its man-made or natural outer boundary or boundaries as well as associated territory comprising firing ranges, training areas, maintenance and storage areas, helicopter airfields and railroad loading facilities at which battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat helicopters, combat aircraft, reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft, armoured personnel carrier look-alikes, armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes or armoured vehicle launched bridges are permanently or routinely present.

OBS

declared site; DS: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle des armements
  • Logistique militaire
DEF

Installation ou emplacement géographique délimité de manière précise contenant un ou plusieurs objets de vérification.

OBS

[Un site déclaré comprend] tout le territoire à l'intérieur de sa ou de ses limites extérieures artificielles ou naturelles, ainsi que le territoire associé, y compris les pas de tir, zones d'entraînement, zones d'entretien et de dépôt, héliports et installations de chargement ferroviaire, sur lesquels des chars de bataille, véhicules blindés de combat, pièces d'artillerie, hélicoptères de combat, avions de combat, avions d'entraînement aptes au combat reclassifiés, véhicules blindés de transport de troupe - sosies, véhicules blindés de combat d'infanterie - sosies ou des véhicules blindés poseurs de ponts sont présents de façon permanente ou habituelle.

OBS

site déclaré; DS : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems (Air Forces)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Cannons (Aircraft)
CONT

... the Master Arm Switch on aircraft carrying forward firing ordnance shall remain SAFE and the trigger shall not be actioned unless there is intent to live fire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces aériennes)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Canons (aéronefs)
CONT

Dans le cas des aéronefs armés de munitions qui sont tirées vers l’avant, le commutateur principal d’armement doit rester dans la position SAFE et la détente ne doit pas avoir été utilisée sauf si le pilote a voulu tirer.

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training
  • Infantry
CONT

Dismounted fire training stresses assault firing of automatic bursts, use of the terrain for cover and use of coordinated infantry-weapon fire against attacking aircraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Infanterie

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Air Defence
  • Cannons (Aircraft)
CONT

... for an unmanned [air weapons] range--the captain of the firing aircraft, or in the case of two or more aircraft, the designated formation leader...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Défense aérienne
  • Canons (aéronefs)
CONT

[...] s'il s'agit d'un polygone [de tir aérien] non contrôlé -- être le capitaine de l'avion effectuant le tir, ou s'il s'agit de deux ou plusieurs avions, le chef désigné de la formation; [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Military Exercises
  • Air Forces
CONT

[...] including training exercises such as anti-aircraft practice, firing at a target drogue towed behind an aircraft from an airbase nearby.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Exercices militaires
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

Durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, les soldats s'exercaient au tir antiaérien en tirant des balles de teinture sur des cibles tirées par des avions.

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Air Forces
CONT

[The] B-2 Spirit originally started as Project Senior CJ and [was] later renamed as ATB(Advance Tactical Bomber). The B-2 uses four F-118 Turbofans.... The turbofan has intake and exhaust at the top of the aircraft to prevent ground control to spot them. The pilot and co-pilot are seated side by side in a zero-zero vertically ejecting ACES II seats.... a B-2 can get updates for GPS satellites to avoid ground firing while the pilot spots the target. Once the target is found, the pilot will turn on special radar, which only scan the target area and once spotted the B-2 will launch its nuclear ordnance or SRAM II missiles.... the B-2 provides the penetrating flexibility and effectiveness inherent in manned bombers. Its low-observable, or "stealth, "characteristics give it the unique ability to penetrate an enemy's most sophisticated defenses and threaten its most-valued, and heavily defended targets. Its unrefueled range is approximately 6, 000 nautical miles(9, 600 kilometers). The B-2's low observability is derived from a combination of reduced infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic, visual and radar signatures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Forces aériennes
CONT

Investir dans des forces aériennes de longue portée: B-2 [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

In air defence, a run during which an aircraft becomes the target, thus allowing gun numbers to observe and point without firing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
DEF

En défense antiaérienne, passe durant laquelle un aéronef sert de cible, permettant ainsi aux servants de pièces d'observer et de pointer sans tirer.

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Four firing modes can be used [for launching a MBB's anti-ship missile]. Silent firing... radar firing, where target position is fed in or updated by the aircraft radar at the launch point....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Quatre modes de lancement possibles: un mode "silence" (...); un mode "radar" où l'avion lanceur fournit au missile la position de l'objectif (...)

Spanish

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Record 10 1985-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Four firing modes can be used [for launching the MBB's anti-ship missile]. Silent firing... ;radar firing... ;visual firing... ;offset firing mode where target data is fed in through data link to the launch aircraft from another source, such as a maritime patrol aircraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Quatre modes de lancement sont possibles; un mode "silence" (...); un mode "radar" (...); un mode "visuel" (...); un mode "déport", où les données fournies au missile sur l'objectif proviennent d'une source extérieure (avion de patrouille maritime par exemple).

Spanish

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