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Unguided rockets
In recent years the high cost of guided wpns has encouraged the further
development of unguided rkts. The starting point for several new designs was the US
Navy 70 mm Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket (FFAR), the third generation of which can
take a flechette whd. Rkts are housed in 4 to 36-tube pod-mounted lchrs which are
usually suspended from the underside of the wings.
Some abn lchrs are short racks, others are streamlined pylons.
To summarize, abn wpn systems are gradually providing day/night op, longer
ranges and higher kill probabilities against a broad spectrum of tgts.
5.4. EXERCISES
1. Расположите следующие вопросы в логическом порядке, подберите к
ним ответы и переведите их.
( ) Can you classify these weapons according to the principle of relative
location of the launcher and the target?
( ) What weapons do you understand by bombs?
( ) How can you classify rockets and missiles?
( ) What is the classification of rockets and missiles according to the principle
of guidance?
( ) What types of weapons does aerial armory include?
( ) How are rockets and missiles classed according to the range?
( ) What do you mean by guns?
( ) What are these principles?
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2. Переведите.
безраздельно господствовать в качестве основного вооружения
истребителей; to abandon the airborne gun; выбирать скорострельность; to use
lighter weapons including pintle- and pod-mounted mgs; размещать в
подфюзеляжной турельной установке, закрепленной в носовой части; to belong
to the category of beyond visual range weapons; действовать по принципу
"выстрелил-забыл"; to release and aim bombs in the traditional way; приспособить
для ведения будущих боевых действий с помощью новых систем взрывателей;
to classify according to filler and use; нести авиационные фугасные бомбы на
различных точках внешней подвески; to achieve retardation by air-inflatable
retarder; авиационная бомба с лазерной системой наведения, размещаемая в
подвесном контейнере; to assign a designator; выпускать кассетные боеприпасы
в различных вариантах; to detonate bomblets at individually preset times;
снаряжать боевой частью с неконтактным взрывателем; to deliver cluster bombs
with level, dive and toss releases; уничтожать за один заход группу целей; to take
a flechette warhead; размещать НУРы в 36-ствольном пусковом контейнере.
