AEGIS Cruiser

First, what AEGIS is:

Aegis, which means shield, is the Navy’s latest surface combat system. Aegis was designed and developed as a complete system, capable of engaging in simultaneous warfare on several fronts -- air, surface, subsurface, and strike. Anti-Air Warfare elements include the Radar System AN/SPY-1B/D, Command and Decision System, and Weapons Control System.
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So why the name, AEGIS?

an operational requirement for an Advanced Surface Missile System (ASMS) was promulgated and a comprehensive engineering development program was initiated to meet that requirement. ASMS was re-named AEGIS (after the mythological shield of Zeus) in December 1969.
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So there you have it. Aegis is a mythological reference to the shield of Zeus, and is not an acronym.

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Excellent Post, Maleficence.

You summed up the info succiently, and in fact you answered a question that I, too, had been wondering about ... what acronym did AEGIS stand for?

Now we know it doesn't stand for one, a rare case in this situation.
 
Maleficence, i find your name very amusing ;)

If you are indeed trying to state mal efficience, as in bad efficience, then your misspelt name is very apt!! :lol:

If not, then just what exactly does it mean?! :confused:

Anyways, great summation to what AEGIS means. :)

Cheers
 
Thanks alot...that word that they put in all capitols AEGIS was bugging me...I just thought it HAD to be an acromym. I couldn't stop trying to figure it out. I kept guessing "Air Earth Ground Interceptor Submarine" .....and on and on...... I couldn't come up with anything that made sense.
 
Main Entry: mal·fea·sance
Pronunciation: "mal-'fE-z&n(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: mal- + obsolete feasance doing, execution
Date: 1696
: wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official

Which if the mispelling is really deliberate does make the handle very amusing!

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http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=malfeasance
 
Originally posted by sealman
Advanced Electronic Guidance Intercept System.
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Another sad example of how generals and bureaucrats insist on turning a perfectly good name into an awkward acronym, even if it wasn't an acronym.

R.III
 
Well, as far as the meaning of "maleficence":

It's derived from the latin maleficentia, from maleficus which itself comes from mallus, which means evil.

The dictionary reveals the following:
ma·lef·i·cence Pronunciation Key (m-lf-sns)
n.
1. The doing of evil or harm; mischief.
2. Harmful or evil nature or quality.

SO there you have it. It didn't have anything to do with public officials or lack of efficiency :P

The main reason I adopted the name is because that is the name of the evil queen in the old version of Disney's "Sleeping Beauty".

If any of you saw the movie there's a part where she turns into this big black and purple dragon. So anyways, Disney came out with a really great toy rendition of this dragon. A special someonone gave me that dragon as a gift, and I took a liking to it, and the name just stuck. :crazyeye:

edit: gave wrong movie name =O phear that :D
 
As a former Submariner, you really should just think of it as a target. There are after all only two types of boats. Submarines and targets!!!! Who cares what they call it.

SSN-688 USS Los Angeles;)
 
AEGIS is the shield of Greek God Zeus.Primary mission of an AEGIS Cruiser is to protect carriers from air and submarine threats. In CIV3 it's a joke. The crew member of the "Los Angeles Class" submarine above can count himself lucky, survival probability of a Russian submarine (even an Alpha) against an AEGIS is below %10. :D
 
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