[smaili]

Do they decide on an acronym first then work backwards to try and come up with what each letter stands for or is it just a coincidence that they landed on THOR? :)

[hammock]

Chatgpt makes this fun and rewarding. How about: Mobile Integrated Countermeasure Radiating Overwhelming Waves Against Virtual Enemies (MICROWAVE)

[jstarfish]

The last time they didn't do this, they ended up carrying MANPADS into battle.

[falcolas]

As they say, "Someone really wanted our initials to spell out 'SHIELD'."

[Taek]

It's called a backronym :)

[AHOHA]

Both way, I did some projects with military and they care much about these acronyms for some reason.

[macintux]

I imagine when you’re dealing with so many weapons systems it’s helpful to have memorable names. Beats the heck out of X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6 (not to pick on BMW, but to pick on BMW).

(Update: not to mention the need to appeal to Congress to keep funding these systems.)