I have been flicking through a book called “Navies in the Nuclear Age by Conways” In the section about naval radars and command systems it mentions that in the Kongo the Japanese use their own fully distributed command management system called OYQ-6. The section goes onto say that European designers regard this system as being superior to its US counterpart whilst US sources feel it was just a job creation exercise for the Japanese electronics industry. Does anybody have any idea which perspective is correct or is it a mix of both?

Furthermore (and seperate from the above mentioned book) I am intrigued as to whether there has ever been any consideration given to the idea of upgrading the AEGIS system by fitting it with AESA antennaes or would this provide insufficient enhancment to justifie the expense?

Also how does this http://www.cea.com.au/products/cwi/ceamount.html compare to the SPG-62 directors currently used bu AEGIS ships?

Thanks in advance sealordlawrence.

I think you may agree also that it is software and newer/faster computers that are really making sensors live up to the promise. Do some research on what the Super Hornet ( AESA air to air and air to ground ) is doing and where the Aussie Wedgetail ( AESA/MESA ) is going. Where we are still discovering what AESA can do and how new faster computers allow for more progress. AESA tech just isn’t a sensor. One would think especially with a larger number of sets that can be on a destroyer or larger class ship that with it’s power generation ability available, you will see soft kill at range and hard kill in close becoming a reality someday. Not to mention AESA for example will be a high bandwidth transceiver for full motion images between platforms when needed and a jammer. One would think if the advances go well, todays legacy anti-ship missiles would have a hard time performing their mission after having their sensor burned up/suppressed-jammed or the airframe itself destroyed close in a la Phalanx. All with a concept that started out to be just a sensor.