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Author: Common crawl
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German[de]
Unbewaffnete und zivil bemannte Schiffe der Navy haben Namen mit USNS (United States Naval Ship).
English[en]
Ticonderoga-class cruisers became the first to equip Aegis and were put to use primarily as anti-air and anti-missile defense in a battle force protection role. Later developments of vertical launch system s and the Tomahawk missile gave cruisers additional long-range land and sea strike capability, making them capable of both offensive and defensive battle operations.