Meatball and LSO, yes, but no wires, just T&G's on a "deck" painted on the runway.
That has apparently not changed since I was doing that stuff 35 years ago -- there may be wires, but they aren't part of FCLP and aren't located where they would be on a real deck. Only place I know of where they are is at the aux runway at NAS Lakehurst, where they develop and test catapult and arresting gear systems, and I don't think anyone does FCLP there.
That happens late at night after SBY tower closes, too. In that situation, calling SBY tower won't get you any answer, either, and ZDC is blind below about 4000 MSL.
Point of contention....I had to correct another Hornet guy I worked with about this. A Warning Area is NOT a Restricted Area. It is more like a MOA over the ocean. GA can (and do) fly through 'Whiskey' areas all the time without talking to anyone.....but, like a MOA, they are taking their lives into their own hands if they choose to do so.
As a socal example, I'd say that the NAOPA was quite nearly as hair raising as the R2508 (probably the worst in CONUS) was in terms of close calls with other aircraft. Either way, as you know if you worked in CATCC or elsewhere, the boat is absolutely restricted airspace, whether it is in a warning area, or in the open ocean beyond the US airspace structure.
That's out in international airspace where there are no rules other than the rule about where an 800 lb gorilla gets to sit.
No. Outside US airspace, the FAA cannot impose a TFR.
Again, outside US airspace there are no R-areas, only "Warning Areas," and those apply only to especially hazardous things going on like air-to-air missile shoots, not routine flight operations. The carrier's flight operations will be going on wherever the carrier is operating, and there is no requirement to stay in W-areas for that.
Theoretically, there is no rule on that out there, but I wouldn't advise it -- they will shoot you down if you try to overfly the ship and they think you're hostile. Think USS Cole, and they do have rules of engagement which cover such possibilities.
Captain's characterization of CIWS is a bit off, and it could be used against a slow-mover, but they'd do a lot of other things to warn you off before hosing you.
The command authority on the carrier (ship's captain or embarked flag) can indeed authorize the shooting down of a Cessna within the established rules of engagement (ROE). I'm not privvy to that classified material any more, although I'm pretty sure it would take rather more than a sub-25nm closest point of approach (CPA) at 120 knots to trigger them. However, I guarantee that there is the authority on the ship to order a shoot-down of even a Cessna 150 if it acts hostile enough and fails to heed all the warnings it would be given before reaching the ship.
Notwithstanding the attitude issues, Captain fails to recognize that once a missile is launched, it cannot be called back. Also, radar coverage may not be complete within the area. In addition, there are reaction times from when the aircraft enters the area to when a "cease fire" call can be given. Flying into an active W-area without prior coordination is downright stupid and potentially fatal.
Yes -- your statement that US Navy training exercises are "games," and the implication that the money spent on them is wasted, and that it should not be a concern of a nonparticipating pilot if s/he forces a termination of such an exercise at great expense to the taxpayers as well as the loss of the training for the participants.
Correct, it is referred to as the Commander's 'inherent right of self defense'
Maybe yes, maybe no.....depends on the particular missle system. Some can be remote destructed after launch, others are fire and forget/regret.
Fully agree
No such capability in air-to-air or surface-to-air missile systems. Once that 'winder is off the rail, it's going for the heat. Just ask the USAF RF-4C crew that was accidentally shot down by a US Navy F-14 back in 1987 (search on "Vodka 51," the Phantom's call sign, for details).
SM-2 - the current preferred Surface-to Air missile these days. A little after your time:wink2:, but with the standard missile, you can ineed break-engage after the missile has left the launcher.
Right, for semi-active homers -- you could also do that with a Sparrow by killing the illuminator, at which point it went ballistic (but could still kill something if it passed close enough to trigger the proximity fuse). But no remotely activated "self-destruct" capability.
That was I was talking about. It has been almost 10 years since I sat at an Aegis console, but I'm pretty sure when you hit break-engage, the missile destructs.
Regardless of what you may have called them, they are expensive training exercises interrupted only at great cost in both resources and training, both of which will result in decreased combat capability. If you care about this country, you will not take such a cavalier attitude about interrupting them.
Humbug. W-areas begin just a few miles off the coast, in some cases straddling Victor airways.
