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Question 1 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to Major Peter W. Mattes in “Systems of Systems: What, Exactly, is an Integrated Air Defense System?,” what are the three functions of an Integrated Air Defense System? Battle management, strike decision, and weapons control Air surveillance, aerial denial, and counter strike Air surveillance, aerial denial, and aerial saturation Air surveillance, battle management, and weapons control This answer is correct. Question 2 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to the Congressional Research Service paper titled “Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS) and Military Ranges,” one of the most challenging foreign IADS capabilities that US forces may encounter is the Russian developed S-400 (SA-21 Growler), which has an unclassified range of ____ kilometers. 500 400 300 200 This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 3 0 / 6.25 pts

According to the article “System of Systems: What, Exactly, is an Integrated Air Defense System?” by Major Peter W. Mattes, the United States has historically categorized an air defense systems as strategic or tactical based on its range, whereas the Russians categorize the tactical or strategic nature of their systems based on _____________ which military service is operating the system. the size of the missiles in the surface-to-air system. how the surface-to-air systems tie to centers-of-gravity they are tasked to defend. the maximum altitude of the surface-to-air-system. This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 1. Question 4 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to Colonel Joseph Speed and Lieutenant Colonel Panagiotis Stathopoulos in their article “SEAD Operations of the Future, The Necessity of Jointness,” it is not enough to simply put joint capabilities in the same mission set, but you also need an agile way of _____________________ commanding and controlling them. preventing civilian casualties. conducting ISR. training as a joint team. This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 5 0 / 6.25 pts

According to "Multi-Domain Suppression of Enemy Air Defense" by Major Nathan Barlow, while in prior conflicts the US Army had the luxury of waiting for the US Air Force to establish air superiority before ground forces began their maneuver, whereas today that may not be an option. He recommends _________________________________________________________ developing new Army doctrine that directs how to fight under Air Parity. developing new defensively static anti-aircraft systems that will more effectively shoot down ballistic and hypersonic missiles. developing an offensive, ground-based anti-air and missile capability that will reduce the Air Force’s workload and allow ground forces to begin their maneuver. replacing the Army’s 155mm artillery system with a new system that is dual use for both surface-to-surface targets as well as surface-to-air targets. This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 2. Incorrect Question 6 0 / 6.25 pts According to “PLA Aerospace Power: A Primer on Trends in China’s Military Air, Space, and Missile Forces” by the China Aerospace Studies Institute, the largest fighter unit formation in the PLAAF is called a “brigade.” This formation has a similar number of aircraft as a U.S. Air Force ______________. fighter wing fighter division fighter group fighter squadron This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 3.

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Incorrect Question 7 0 / 6.25 pts According to “PLA Aerospace Power: A Primer on Trends in China’s Military Air, Space, and Missile Forces” by the China Aerospace Studies Institute, in 2015 Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his role as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Military Commission (CMC), announced the 11th major structural reform to the PLA since 1949. As a result, the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) is now expected to undertake an expanded set of missions beyond defending Chinese territorial airspace to include __________________________ launching offensive operations against enemy assets at distances beyond the first island chain. launching offensive operations against enemy assets at distances beyond the second island chain. launching offensive operations against U.S. bases in Hawaii if necessary. defending Chinese territorial land and sea space as well. This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 3. Incorrect Question 8 0 / 6.25 pts Looking at RAND’s “An Interactive Look at the U.S.-China Military Scorecard” reading, when it comes to seeing the charts regarding “Chinese anti-surface warfare,” and looking at the Taiwan Scenario, the “major U.S. advantage” in 1996 has shifted to ________ in 2017. “U.S. advantage” “approximate parity” “major Chinese advantage” “ Chinese advantage”

This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 4. Question 9 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to the “Accommodate Combat Aircraft” web article by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, China’s rapid development of the Subi and Mischief reefs gave the Chinese three operational runways in the disputed Spratly Islands. Based on the reinforced hangars constructed, the Chinese can base _________ aircraft in the Spratly Islands. fighter rotary wing fighter and bomber fighter, bomber and transport This answer is correct. Question 10 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to the article “China Upgrading Fifth-Gen Fighter Capabilities” by Jon Harper, as China continues to upgrade the J-20A, the United States _________________________________ is moving to gain approval for the early retirement of the F-22 in order to increase funding for F- 35 upgrades and the Next Generation Air Dominance Program to develop a 6th generation fighter. is moving POM money out of the F-22 modernization program to put into the Army’s Next Generation Surface-to-Air Missile program. is moving to gain approval for early retirement of the F-35 and F-22 in order to put more resources into the Next Generation Air Dominance Program to develop a 6th generation fighter.

is moving to give the F-35 Block 4 capabilities and modernize the F-22 in order to counter China’s leap ahead in capability and numbers. This answer is correct. Question 11 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to the article “China Upgrading Fifth-Gen Fighter Capabilities” by Jon Harper, one of the limitations of the U.S. efforts to learn as much as possible about the new upgrades on the J- 20 “Mighty Dragon” is the fact that __________________ the upgraded J-20A will only be exported to Russia, and this will make it more difficult for the United States to get its hands on one. the upgraded J-20A is unlikely to be exported for the foreseeable future and this will make it more difficult for the United States to get its hands on one. the upgraded J-20A will only be exported to Russia and North Korea, and this will make it more difficult for the United States to get its hands on one. China has recently upgraded is production-line security protocols and thus its aircraft secrets are harder to crack. This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 13 0 / 6.25 pts In the article “PLA Army Air Defense Unites Improve Effectiveness, Resiliency, and Jointness,” Derek Solen concludes that a series of news reports about the 80th Air Defense Brigade of the PLA Army that show innovation and improvement ________________________________. Can likely be extrapolated to all of the air defense brigades, meaning that they all have become more effective, resilient, and more capable of joint operations

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Are likely exaggerated since similar reports in other functional areas recently have been proven to be more hype than fact May be isolated to that unit, since none the reports to not mention any other units receiving the same improvements Are likely exaggerated since they shared the reports with international media representatives This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 6. Question 14 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to the Air Power Australia 2012 technical report “PLA Area Defence Missile Systems,” in the early 1990s PLA air defense capabilities were of debatable effectiveness, built around _____________________________________________ and indigenous fighter aircraft such as Chengdu J-8 Finback, in addition to other 1950s and 1960s technology fighter aircraft. indigenous clones of the U.S. Nike surface-to-air missile system World War II U.S. anti-aircraft artillery World War II Soviet anti-aircraft artillery indigenous clones of the Soviet SA-2 Guidline surface-to-air missile system This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 15 0 / 6.25 pts In the article "China's 'Three Warfares' in Perspective," by Peter Mattis, the "three warfares" alluded to in the title are _________________________ economic warfare; diplomatic coercion, and military force.

political warfare, social warfare and miliary force. public opinion warfare, psychological warfare, and legal warfare. land warfare, air warfare, and sea warfare. This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 7. Incorrect Question 16 0 / 6.25 pts In 2015/16, the Peoples Liberation Army carried out large-scale military reforms that established new theater commands. These commands are the _______________________ Theater Commands. Land, Maritime, Air, and Space South China Sea, Taiwan, Eastern and Western Central, Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, Northern and Southern This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 7. Quiz Score: 43.75 out of 100 Previous Next Incorrect Question 1 0 / 6.25 pts According to “It’s Time to Talk about A2/AD: Rethinking the Russian Military Challenge” by Michael Kofman, in a conflict with the United States, if the Russians are unable to counter US concepts of operations or impose high enough costs, they may __________________________________

employ strategic nuclear weapons. employ strategic non-nuclear ballistic missiles. employ non-strategic hypersonic weapons. employ non-strategic nuclear weapons. This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 1. Incorrect Question 2 0 / 6.25 pts According to “It’s Time to Talk about A2/AD: Rethinking the Russian Military Challenge” by Michael Kofman, when looking at anti-access/area denial, combining this theory to include both China and Russia is ______________________________ appropriate since Russia is stealing it from China. a mistake since neither really apply use it. a mistake because there is really no Russian strategy bearing that name. appropriate since China “stole” the strategy from the Russians. This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 1. Question 3 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to the Congressional Research Service paper titled “Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) and Military Ranges,” The Chinese HQ-9 surface-to- air missile system, and its naval variant the HHQ-9 series, have radar ranges up to ___ kilometers with missile ranges around ____ kilometers.

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250, 150 300, 200 175, 100 200, 125 This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 4 0 / 6.25 pts Colonel Speed and Lieutenant Colonel Stathopoulos, in their article “SEAD Operations of the Future, The Necessity of Jointness,” point out that in Libya there was a need for increased ________, and that because of Libya’s aged and less capable weapons, they used ________ IADS that presented challenges to US and coalition aircraft. jointness, traditional SEAD emphasis, non-traditional SEAD emphasis, legacy jointness, non-traditional This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 2. Question 5 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to Colonel Joseph Speed and Lieutenant Colonel Panagiotis Stathopoulos in their article “SEAD Operations of the Future, The Necessity

of Jointness,” historically, ________ of total flown sorties are tasked to conduct SEAD missions. 15% to 30% 5% to 10% 3% to 5% 25% to 45% This answer is correct. Question 6 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to “PLA Aerospace Power: A Primer on Trends in China’s Military Air, Space, and Missile Forces” by the China Aerospace Studies Institute, the largest fighter unit formation in the PLAAF is called a “brigade.” This formation has a similar number of aircraft as a U.S. Air Force ______________. fighter squadron fighter division fighter wing fighter group This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 7 0 / 6.25 pts

According to “PLA Aerospace Power: A Primer on Trends in China’s Military Air, Space, and Missile Forces” by the China Aerospace Studies Institute, in 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his role as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Military Commission (CMC), announced the 11th major structural reform to the PLA since 1949. Xi established the ______________________, which is a theater command-level organization rather than its own service, to centralize the PLA’s with _______________________________. PLA’s Strategic Support Force (PLASSF), strategic space, cyber, electronic, and psychological warfare missions and capabilities. PLA’s Strategic Support Force (PLASSF), strategic logistics and maintenance PLA’s Strategic Air Force, strategic bombers reporting directly to the theater commander PLA’s Strategic Special Operations Force, PLA Special Forces and PLAN SEAL teams This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 3. Question 10 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to the article “China Upgrading Fifth-Gen Fighter Capabilities” by Jon Harper, after it is upgraded, the J-20 “Mighty Dragon” will close the gap with U.S. 5th generation fighters like the F-22 and F-35. However, the J—20A has some shortcomings, including the fact that ___________________________________________ it is a lighter, slower speed aircraft with range limitations. it is a lighter, smaller aircraft with a limited munition capacity. it is a heavier aircraft with a limited range.

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it is a heavier, less agile aircraft which will be more expensive to build and operate. This answer is correct. Question 11 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to the article “China Upgrading Fifth-Gen Fighter Capabilities” by Jon Harper, the expert consensus is that _________________________________ the newly upgraded J-20A “Mighty Dragon” will by on par with the U.S. F-22 and F-35 aircraft. the newly upgraded J-20A “Mighty Dragon” will be on-par with the U.S. J-35, and only the F-22 will have an advantage against it in air-to-air combat. while the newly upgraded J-20A “Mighty Dragon” will be a dangerous platform, it is basically no better than the U.S. 4th generation fighters. while the newly upgraded J-20A “Mighty Dragon” will be a dangerous platform, it will not be able to match up to the U.S. F-22 or the F-35. This answer is correct. Question 12 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to WOMMA.org’s “People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)-- 2023,” as a percentage of the total, ___________ make up 61% of the aircraft inventory as of 10 April 2023. transports fighters

bombers helicopters This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 14 0 / 6.25 pts According to the article “PLA Army Air Defense Unites Improve Effectiveness, Resiliency, and Jointness” by Derek Solen, air defense brigades, integrated electronic warfare into their air defense operation. However, initially these brigades were not convinced of the utility of their new EW battalions until _________________________________________ they were defeated by their EW battalions during force-on-force exercises. they reviewed tapes of the Russians successfully exercising their EW integrated air defense units. they sent observers to watch a North Korean exercise with EW integrated into its air defense units. they reviewed open-source video of U.S. units integrating EW into its air defense units. This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 6. Question 1 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to Major Peter W. Mattes in “Systems of Systems: What, Exactly, is an Integrated Air Defense System?” one expert calls an integrated air defense system _________________________________

the combination of anti-aircraft artillery and modern air-to-air fighter aircraft to counter enemy air attacks. the combination of surface-to-air missiles and modern air-to-air fighters to counter enemy air attacks. the structure, equipment, personnel, procedures, and weapons used to counter the enemy’s airborne penetration of one’s own claimed territory. the combination of air and ground counterair systems designed to thwart enemy air attacks. This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 2 0 / 6.25 pts According to “It’s Time to Talk about A2/AD: Rethinking the Russian Military Challenge” by Michael Kofman, the Russian strategy against the United States will be to successfully counter US concepts of operations during the relevant conflict period or ___________________________________ retreat along the Moscow defense line and protect key assets. force air parity with their high-end surface-to-air missile systems. impose high enough costs to force a de-escalation. counter with conventional ballistic missile barrages. This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 1. Incorrect Question 3 0 / 6.25 pts

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According to Major Peter W. Mattes in “System of Systems: What, Exactly, is an Integrated Air Defense System?” the “battle management” function/aspect includes four functions of its own. These are: Command and control, threat engagement, guidance, and threat assessment Threat evaluation, engagement decision, weapon type selection and engagement authority Threat evaluation, threat engagement, threat destruction and threat assessment Command and control, weapon selection, weapon guidance and threat assessment This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 1. Question 4 6.25 / 6.25 pts Colonel Speed and Lieutenant Colonel Stathopoulos, in their article “SEAD Operations of the Future, The Necessity of Jointness,” assert that the last thirty years of air campaigns stand as a testament to increasingly complex integrated air defense systems (IADS) and the need for ______________________ effective SEAD air operations as a key enabler during the campaigns. using Army surface-to-surface systems like ATACMS and MLRS to counter enemy IADS. developing 5th generation fighters. developing friendly US IADS to counter these enemy IADS. This answer is correct. Question 5 6.25 / 6.25 pts

According to "Multi-Domain Suppression of Enemy Air Defense" by Major Nathan Barlow, while in prior conflicts the US Army had the luxury of waiting for the US Air Force to establish air superiority before ground forces began their maneuver, whereas today that may not be an option. He recommends _________________________________________________________ developing an offensive, ground-based anti-air and missile capability that will reduce the Air Force’s workload and allow ground forces to begin their maneuver. replacing the Army’s 155mm artillery system with a new system that is dual use for both surface-to-surface targets as well as surface-to-air targets. developing new defensively static anti-aircraft systems that will more effectively shoot down ballistic and hypersonic missiles. developing new Army doctrine that directs how to fight under Air Parity. This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 6 0 / 6.25 pts According to the DoD’s “Military and Security Developments involving the People’s Republic of China-2020” reading, China has in excess of 1,250 ground-launched ballistic missiles and ground-launched cruise missiles with ranges between ____ and ____. 1,000km, 10,000km 250km, 1000km 500km, 5,500km 100km, 500km This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 3.

Question 7 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to “PLA Aerospace Power: A Primer on Trends in China’s Military Air, Space, and Missile Forces” by the China Aerospace Studies Institute, in 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his role as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Military Commission (CMC), announced the 11th major structural reform to the PLA since 1949. Xi established the ______________________, which is a theater command-level organization rather than its own service, to centralize the PLA’s with _______________________________. PLA’s Strategic Support Force (PLASSF), strategic logistics and maintenance PLA’s Strategic Special Operations Force, PLA Special Forces and PLAN SEAL teams PLA’s Strategic Air Force, strategic bombers reporting directly to the theater commander PLA’s Strategic Support Force (PLASSF), strategic space, cyber, electronic, and psychological warfare missions and capabilities. This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 8 0 / 6.25 pts According to Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative’s “Update: China’s Continuing Reclamation in the Paracels” article from the course, what’s most worrying about China’s land reclamation project of Woody Island is that in early 2016, ________________________________ they deployed HQ-9 surface-to-air missiles to the island. they appeared to have deployed tactical nuclear weapons to the island. they deployed a bomber wing to the island. they deployed a fighter wing to the island.

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This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 4. Incorrect Question 9 0 / 6.25 pts According to Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative’s “Update: China’s Continuing Reclamation in the Paracels” article from the course, officials at the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila belatedly released a joint communique on August 6 (2017). The communique almost did not happen, and was only finally released when the group agreed to stronger language against perceived Chinese land reclamation activities. The nation that argued for this stronger language against pushback from other ASEAN nations was _______________. Vietnam the United States Cambodia the Philippines This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 4. Incorrect Question 10 0 / 6.25 pts According to WOMMA.org’s “People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)--2023,” China’s primary tactical transport is the ___________ aircraft. Tupolev Tu-154 (initially designed as a narrow jetliner for the Soviet Union in 1968) Shaanxi Y-8 (local Chinese copy of the Soviet-era Antonov An-12) Xian Y-7 (developed from the Soviet-era AN-24/an-26 types) Xian Y-20 (offers qualities similar to the US C-17)

This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 5. Question 13 6.25 / 6.25 pts According to the article “PLA Army Air Defense Unites Improve Effectiveness, Resiliency, and Jointness” by Derek Solen, perhaps the most significant improvement to the PLA air defense brigades, because it involved cultural change, was _____________________ that the command staff were finally conducting post-exercise after-action briefings that included commanders at all echelons. that the brigade granted battalion and battery commanders the authority to engage targets on their own initiative. that the brigade finally allowed women to command above the battery command level. that these PLA Army units were finally fully integrating with their PLA Air Force counterparts, improving joint defense. This answer is correct. Incorrect Question 14 0 / 6.25 pts According to the Air Power Australia 2012 technical report “PLA Area Defence Missile Systems,” the S-300PMU (SA-10B/C Grumble) best compares to the earlier variants of the U.S. Patriot missile system, but with the important difference that the S-300PMU _______________ has a much smaller warhead. is highly mobile. has a much shorter range.

is not as mobile. This answer is incorrect. Please review Lesson 3, Objective 6. Question 16 6.25 / 6.25 pts In 2015/16, the Peoples Liberation Army carried out large-scale military reforms that established theater commands that have operational control over ___________________________. Ground forces, Fleets, and Air Forces Central Military Commission personnel PLA Army headquarters, PLA Navy headquarters, and PLA Air Force headquarters The Strategic Support Force, Joint Logistics Support Force, and Missile Forces This answer is correct. Quiz Score: 50 out of 100 Previous Next

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