Questions
- When was the technology developed?
- Where would you find this technology?
- Do you personally own a device with this technology?
- What are the main uses for this technology?
- Are there any other uses you can think of?
- Do you feel that this technology will still be used in 10 years from now or be replaced with something better?
AEGIS
The AEGIS was first called the ASMS (Advanced Surface Missile System) which was created in the late 1960s when the US Navy reconized that warships aren’t as effective as they were meant to be. ASMS was renamed AEGIS (Advanced Electronic Guidance Information System) after the shield of the Greek god Zeus.
This technology can be found in new warships in navies like the US Navy, the Japanese Navy, the Norwegian Navy, the Spanish Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, and the South Korean Navy. One of the most famous ships were the Ticonderoga class cruisers of the US Navy. The next class of warships with the AEGIS radar was the US Arleigh Burke class destroyers built in 1991, Although other countries have this technology not many famous ships with this technology come from them. I, personally, though, don’t use any device with this technology because I don’t own any warships and so far, it is only used in warships.
As I said, the main uses for this technology is in warships. AEGIS provides a very accurate radar for anti-surface, anti-air, and anti-submarine warfare giving missiles better accuracy. There was an incident though that occurred in 1988, when the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655, when it flew into an attack vector of the ship which identified it on the radar as an enemy fighter and was shot down.
I think that other uses for this technology is in military bases in so that the military can be ready for any attacks to avoid any attempts like Pearl Harbor. Another use is probably in submarines so that they can hunt and kill enemy warships in maybe one or two shots, but I think that the most useful place to use the technology is in surface warships because since they move in fleets, the radar can combine with other ship radar creating a more accurate detection system.
I think that the technology will still be used in 10 years time because it is highly sophisticated and would really take a lot of time to develope a technology that can replace it and it is also being modified, this technology though could last longer than others because it is small and could easily fit in a ship and could be put like extra to improve radar. It will eventually be replaced because newer technology should be better than older ones, just like if you took a P-51 Mustang (WWII fighter) and an F-22 Raptor (US 21st century fighter) it would be shot down even before the pilot could see the F-22. So I think that this technology is still great for now.
