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From: jon@cs.washington.edu (Jon Jacky)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Aegis vs. Dozen Missiles (was USS IOWA)
Summary: Has Aegis' claimed ability to engage multiple targets been *tested?*
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Date: 2 Jul 90 03:09:40 GMT
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From: jon@cs.washington.edu (Jon Jacky)

There have been several messages in this thread which have reported how the
Aegis system is supposed to be able to successfully engage many targets at
once.  

Has this ability ever been demonstrated?  That is, has there ever been a test
in which a dozen (or however many) drones were flown in from various 
directions, and the Aegis system succeeded in shooting a lot of them down?

What I'm really asking is, what sort of live testing is thought necessary
to obtain confidence that performance claims would be achieved in actual
combat?

- Jon Jacky, University of Washington, Seattle  jon@gaffer.rad.washington.edu