| LC control no. | sh 85001237 |
|---|---|
| Topical heading | AEGIS (Weapons system) |
| Variant(s) | Aegis Combat System Aegis Weapon System |
| See also | Weapons systems |
| Found in | O'Rourke, Ronald. Navy Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, version 186, 2018: p. 1 (U.S. Navy's cruisers and destroyers are called Aegis ships because they are equipped with the Aegis ship combat system--an integrated collection of sensors, computers, software, displays, weapon launchers, and weapons developed in the 1970s for defending ships against aircraft, anti-ship cruise missiles, surface threats, and subsurface threats; system first deployed by the Navy in 1983; Aegis ships include Ticonderoga (CG-47) class cruisers and Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyers) Lockheed Martin website, Oct. 31, 2018: products, Aegis Combat System, Aegis brochure (Lockheed Martin-developed Aegis Weapon System is the sea-based element of the United States' Ballistic Missile Defense System ... also used in: Australian Navy Hobart-class destroyers, Japanese Navy Kongo-class and Atago-class destroyers, Norwegian Navy F-310 frigates, Republic of Korea Navy KDX-III destroyers, and Spanish Navy F-100 frigates) |
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