Yep, I agree that the headline is not technically accurate. Even if it was 100% Aegis capable it could still not be called Aegis ....just as sparkling wine is never Champagne unless it the grapes come from the Champagne region. However I think the mods require the header to be as it is in the original source, hence that is why it is as it is.
Yeah, I checked the author out and his quick bio leads me to believe he well versed in what he is talking about.
I guess, the catchy headline makes it easy to sell as an author. Nonetheless, thanks for the read, it is informative and in an area I like to keep up on.
Good catch. I was looking for where the US gave China Aegis technology. It appears to be similar technology to the Aegis, but not the same.
The Arleigh Burke class destroyers are equipped with the Aegis Combat System which integrates the ship's sensors and weapons systems to engage anti-ship missile threats. The Aegis system has a federated architecture with four subsystems – AN/SPY-1 multifunction radar, Command and Decision System (CDS), Aegis Display System (ADS) and the Weapon Control System (WCS). The CDS receives data from ship and external sensors via satellite communications and provides command, control and threat assessment. The WCS receives engagement instruction from the CDS, selects weapons and interfaces with the weapon fire control systems. http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/burke/
Should we actually build them, the DD(X) will have the Raytheon AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar system. These wil;l not have the AEGIS command and control system.
On the other hand, there are foreign analogues of the AEGIS/SPY-1 pairing. The British Type 45 Daring destroyers will pair the BAE/Marconi Combat Management System with the BAE Systems Sampson multi-function, dual-face active array radar operating at E/F bands.
The German Sachsen and the Dutch De Zeven Provincien all use the Thales Nederland (formerly Signaal) Sewaco FD combat system.
The Sachsen radar systems "include two Atlas Elektronik 9600-M I/J-band muti-function ARPA radars, Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance and target indication radar, and Thales Nederland APAR Active Phased Array Radar. APAR is a multi-function radar operating at X-band which provides target search and tracking and guidance for the Standard Missile 2."
The Italian and French Horizon class frigates will have Senit 8 combat data system for command and control and pair it with the NICCO Communications SAS integrated communications system. The primary radar will be the AMS EMPAR multi-function phased array operating at G-band (4GHz to 6GHz).
I doubt that the ChiComs have developed a system this sophisticated.