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Corvus Chaff Launcher
Corvus chaff launcher is a British shipborne Chaff (countermeasure), chaff decoy launching system manufactured by Vickers Limited, Vickers Ltd Group. It is a lightweight, quick reaction system for the self-defence of surface vessels against surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles, where chaff dispensing rockets form a radar decoy screen. The system comprises multi-barrelled rocket launcher, launcher control, firing panel and a maximum load of 8 rockets. The arrangement offers distraction and centroid operating modes, with the two differing in the azimuth angle at firing and the range in which the chaff is released. Corvus features a cylindrical rotating structure that carries eight launching tubes mounted in two sets of three, one above the other and at 90° with two more tubes aligned midway between these, at a fixed elevation of 30°. A deck-mounted pedestal supports the rotating structure on its training bearing and houses a self-contained electrical power unit for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corvus A Chaff Decoy Launching System - Geograph
''Corvus'' is a widely distributed genus of passerine birds ranging from medium-sized to large-sized in the family Corvidae. It includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, and rooks. The species commonly encountered in Europe are the carrion crow, hooded crow, common raven, and rook (bird), rook; those discovered later were named "crow" or "raven" chiefly on the basis of their size, crows generally being smaller. The genus name is Latin for "raven". The List of Corvus species, 46 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents except South America, and several islands. The ''Corvus'' genus makes up a third of the species in the family Corvidae. The members appear to have evolved in Asia from the corvid stock, which had evolved in Australia. The collective noun, collective name for a group of crows is a "flock" or a "murder". Recent research has found some crow species capable of not only Tool use by animals, tool use, but also tool construction. Crows are no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
