- Hunter-killer
Hunter-Killer is a
military term traditionally used to describe an entity in which the roles of "sensor" and "shooter" are separated. However, in the case ofunmanned aerial vehicle s, it means the opposite: an aircraft system designed to find, identify and kill its target; the first purpose-designed hunter-killer UAV is theMQ-9 Reaper . [http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123027012&page=2 'Reaper' moniker given to MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle] ]Teams
A hunter-killer team's primary mission is to seek out and destroy the enemy, particularly in contexts where the enemy is attempting to evade detection rather than seek engagement.
Examples include:
* pairs of F-4G "Wild Weasels" and F-16Cs, where the F-4G "hunter" can detect, identify, and locate an enemy's radar and then direct the F-16C's weapons to the site
*M2 Bradley Infantry / Cavalry Fighting Vehicle often "hand off" fire missions toM1 Abrams main battle tanks
* one or more antisubmarineaircraft carrier s and a number of escort vessels whose primary mission is to detect and destroysubmarine s
* Teams of scout andattack helicopter s in highly effective "pink teams", such as OH-6 "Loach" or OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopters and the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter during theVietnam War ubmarines
Smaller submarines tasked with coastal defense are sometimes referred to as "hunter-killers" even though they may not operate in teams with other platforms. The
United States Navy and theRoyal Navy give their Nuclear powered hunter-killer submarines thehull classification symbol "SSN". Conventionally powered hunter-killer submarines, such as those operated by the Canadian Navy are given the hull classification symbol "SSK".Aircraft
The
USAF Hunter-Killer program is developing tacticalunmanned combat air vehicle s.Armoured fighting vehicles
A hunter-killer sight in an armoured vehicle refers to a vehicle commander's sight which is independent of the gunner's sight and main armament. It allows the crew commander to scan an arc separate from the gunner, or for the crew commander to continue scanning while the gunner engages a target. With the press of a button, the crew commander can cause the gunner's sight and the main armament to slew onto his point of aim.
In fiction
In the Terminator saga, Hunter Killers are a series of various types of unmanned vehicles built in automated factories.
In the
real-time strategy gameStarCraft , Hunter Killers are an elite type of Hydralisk.In the game , a hunter-seeker is an unmanned, uncontrollable drone that will hunt down and destroy a random enemy unit or building
In
Star Wars fiction, the HK class droids, such asHK-47 , are droids designed to find and destroy their targets.In , the UNSC Rocket Launcher is known as the hunter-killer since it's the only effective weapon to use against Covenant Hunters.
In Dune the
hunter-seeker is a smallremote controlled device used forassassination attempts.In a novel series by American novelist, Brett Kihlmire, Hunter-Killers are an elite faction of asassins serving as the private army of the Emperor of the fictitious Russian Empire
In music
"Hunter Killer (H-K)" is a song by
Fear Factory on theirDemanufacture album.There are also two songs named "Hunter/Killer" and "Hunter/Killer: Endgame" from the album
Day Into Night , by the Canadian band Quo Vadis."Hunter Killer" is also a song by
Annihilator on theirCarnival Diablos album.References
External links
* [http://www.garesdesignsandcreations.com/T2_Hunter_Killer_Tank.jpgHK Tank]
* [http://www.robert-daly.com/october/Media/t3.jpgHK Aerial]ee also
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