Tread Head, if you don't mind.
A grunt on tracks then! The Aegis system is NOT a crew served weapon. In fact, it about as complex a weapons system that you have never seen.
All I know is what I read in wikipedia and that they mistook an airliner for an Iranian F-14. Sounded a little fishy, with knowledge acquired of civilian aviation transponders, but the explanation flew. I certain would not dispute. I did attend the Eastern Aviation accident investigation course at Fort Indian Town gap and passed. It didn't come up, since the course was in the mid 80s. Dad was a gunners mate on Columbia during the WWII. He was part of a gun crew. The ship obviously had weapons that were not personal weapons. If they call something different than crew served weapons systems in your navy then excuse the heck out of me. We learned from Dad, you can't dig a fox hole in the Ocean. That is why one brother went marines, I went Army. 11D /19D Enlisted 12B00 Officer. Armor for you swabbies.
So, what do you know about military IFF? I am betting "not a damned thing"!
Oh, BTW, an armor officer is a 19B. I work for the Army in recruiting.
Identification friend or foe, I assume is base on transponder signals that match current CEOI or civillain identifiers that don't change as often, or maybe it ain't And about your dumb ass remarks about 19B, That is current, not past tense. I've been out since late 90s. 12B is on my Basic Course graduation from the Armor School at Fort Knox, Ky, as an Armor Officer and remained same throughout my career. Prior to that, I came out of AIT at rank of SP 4 as an 11D10 (Armored Reconnaissance Scout). That changed within a year to 19D20, also Armored Reconnaissance Scout. Don't give me your condescending bullshit. I doubt you ever served at all sometimes.