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MDAA Alert:
Aegis Over Troubled Waters
May 8, 2020

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels conduct unsafe and unprofessional
actions against against the USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) in the Arabian Gulf on April
15, 2020. (Photo: DVIDS - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet)
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Dear Members and Friends,
.
Iranian calculated strategic application of force on force, cost curve tactics to
challenge the United States is on, above, around and across the Arabian Gulf in
demonstration to the GCC and the United States of power projection. Iranian deployment
of multitudes of small gun boats to harass U.S. Destroyers [[link removed]],
recent ballistic missile strikes on US Forward Operating bases [[link removed]]
coupled with striking GCC Oil facilities [[link removed]]
and oil tankers [[link removed]]
with 360 UAVs/Cruise Missiles amplifies its capabilities and capacity. Recent bullying
tactics in the key waters in the Arabian Gulf highlight the criticality of continuing
to build, maintain, evolve and deploy the U.S. Navy's Aegis BMD Cruisers and Destroyers.
The United States Navy floats multiple singular dynamic platforms on the Arabian
Gulf in its Aegis Ships with 360 multi mission capability that are able to defeat,
negate and strike Iran's wide range of force projection on the Arabian Gulf today
[[link removed]].
These U.S. Aegis Destroyers and Cruisers are assigned to the U.S. 5th Fleet based
in Bahrain and are in continual rotation from the Naval Surface Forces Atlantic
and Pacific.
There is no match to the Aegis BMD Ship from Iran but to attempt overmatch in flaunting
swarming of cheap missiles and launching platforms in a non-first fire restricted
rules of engagement environment that the United States has abided by until last
week [[link removed]],
with support of this change in strategy from defense officials [[link removed]].
Not only can these Aegis BMD ships defend themselves from underwater and overwater
threats, they defend a mobile area of choice 360 degrees from small rockets, UAVs,
cruise missiles to ballistic missiles, they can lethally strike quickly and accurately
right up close to hundreds of miles away and everything in between. They are equipped
with the MK41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) with 96 cells for Destroyers and 122
cells for Cruisers, capable of employing a variety of multi-mission ordnance to
include all versions of Standard Missile (SM6/SM3/SM2) and Evolved Sea Sparrow Integrated
Air and Missile Defense; Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile for offensive Strike
Operations; and Vertically Launched Anti-Submarine Rockets (ASROC). Here are a few
of the 18 plus Multi Missions each ship does to negate and strike the threats.
Counter high speed small boat swarms - There are multiple defensive systems that,
in combination provide robust options. They include longer range large caliber
guns with a gun fire control system capable of automated detection and tracking
of surface targets, ranging out to line of sight and can employ a selection of ammunition.
The Close in Weapon System (CWIS) Vulcan Phalanx, originally intended to provide
point defense against anti-ship cruise missiles was upgraded in the 1990's to provide
an anti-surface mode specifically intended to counter small boat attacks. The inner
line of defense includes a variety of crew served weapons to include 32mm chain
guns on port and starboard sides and multiple 50 caliber mounts around the ship's
sides. In addition to the weapon system options in the ship, many of these ships
carry two MH-60R helicopters that are armed with Hellfire missiles and crew served
50 caliber guns.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Threat Defense - The US Navy has begun to deploy electronic
jamming techniques capable of interrupting controlled flight of remotely or automated
controls of UAV's as demonstrated recently in an incident in the Arabian Gulf between
USS BOXER (LHD-6) and an Iranian small UAV [[link removed]].
Emerging tactics with UAV swarms as demonstrated in Saudi Arabia indicate a rapidly
emerging need for this capability on Aegis Ships as well as the rest of the Strike
Group assets.
Traditional and non-traditional larger surface ship attacks - The main battery is
the large caliber (5"/54 Cal) gun with its Gun Fire Control System. For longer
range, Standard Missile 6 has an anti-surface mode controlled by the Aegis Weapon
System (AWS). These systems are interfaced with the Command and Decision System
resident in the AWS for coordinated fires. In addition, the embarked helicopters
are connected by datalink to coordinate targeting and engagement. The AWS also
has a datalink integrated to coordinate with other ships and aircraft in long range
surveillance and engagement coordination.
Anti-Ship and Land Attack Cruise Missiles - Aegis ships have a layered defense capability
as well as an area defense set of options against these threats. For anti-ship
cruise missiles this fully integrated set of options include both hard kill and
soft kill/decoy employments. For longer range engagements for area battle force
defense, littoral coast, and self-defense the Aegis Weapon System employs Standard
Missiles (SM) in two variants. SM6 is capable for very long range engagements and
is fully integrated to the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) for over the
horizon engagements supported by carrier Air Early Warning Aircraft. SM2 can effectively
engage both subsonic and supersonic missiles and aircraft from a few KM out beyond
100 KM. For self-defense, the Aegis System also is capable of deploying Evolved
Sea Sparrow Missiles for very close in targets and CIWS provides point defense if
required. The Aegis system has programable capabilities to increase automation
from "Man in the loop" to full automation in the event of mass raids. On Soft Kill,
these ships have electronic surveillance and attack capabilities that can detect,
identify, and jam incoming missiles.
Ballistic Missile Defense - 37 Aegis Destroyers and 5 Aegis Cruisers have been upgraded
to provide Area and Regional Ballistic Missile Defense applicable to the Arabian
Gulf Area of Operation. The leverage upgraded software and SPY1 Phased Array Radar
performance, coupled with SM3 Exo-Atmospheric and SM6 Endo-Atmospheric missiles
top provide midcourse and terminal defense against Short Range (SRBM) up through
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM).
Power Projection - Power projection is a key capability in response to aggression
on the part of Iran. Aegis Combatants, in addition to having the full set of defensive
capabilities as describe are capable of offensive response against launch platforms
and Command and Control nodes land based both as a single ship option or fully integrated
joint battle force action. Long range options are built around the Tomahawk Land
Attack Cruise Missiles with its own interfaced Weapon System to Aegis. Shorter range
options are included in attack modes of the SM6 for terrestrial targets and the
large Caliber Gun can be deployed up to 12 NM of the ship.
Command and Control (C2) - The challenge of the regional defense in the Middle East
is the ability to coordinate both defensive and offensive operations across the
large range of threats that Iran is capable of deploying and complicated by terrorist
organizations. It requires these ships to be able to participate and relay on centralized
C2 for long range and ballistic missile defense coordination while seamlessly being
able to shift to federated C2 for robust areas defense and local C2 for self-defense
operations. The core to Aegis multi-mission ships is the Command and Decision element
of the Aegis system. It is interfaced with the key self-defense systems in the
ship to include the Gun System, the Tomahawk land attack cruise missile system,
close in weapons, and electronic surveillance/attack system. It also has a datalink
interfaced for its embarked helicopters. To support federated operations with the
Battle Force it is fully integrated with datalink both "Line of Sight" and "Beyond
Line of Sight" (BLOS) for area defense operations. For Ballistic Missile Defense,
datalink capabilities provide a key connection to the centralized C2 provided by
C2BMC. Backing up these "Real Time" weapons employment capabilities are Web enabled
Global C2 functions for joint battle space awareness and coordination.
Continued investments in these robust multi-mission ships in capacity and capabilities
are critical in providing the mobility and flexibility required by CENTOCM and other
combatant commanders across the globe to deal with the continually evolving threats
across all warfare domains. The wide ranging geography of the battle space they
face demands continued development of force integration with all manned, unmanned,
and space based assets, expanding "real time" situational awareness and integrated
fire control concepts such as "engage on remote" to a full capability of "any sensor,
any shooter." These capabilities today rely on aging datalinks and cooperative
engagement capability (CEC) communications that have been leveraged to meet these
early integrated fire control capabilities. The future will require continued development
of hardened data sharing concepts, capable of fire control quality inputs to every
asset in the battle space.
There are 42 Aegis BMD ships with a request of 60 ships [[link removed]]
to have Aegis BMD capability by 2023. An average of 2 modernizations of in service
Aegis Ships and 1 new construction ship a year continues to increase capacity.
Aegis is the Bridge over Troubled Waters
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Respectfully,
Riki Ellison
Chairman and Founder
Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
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