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To: Pyro7480

Carries aegis missiles?


3 posted on 02/28/2008 2:45:36 PM PST by Brian S. Fitzgerald ("We're going to drag that ship over the mountain.")
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald

It carries a very large repaired hole and I hope, a grudge


5 posted on 02/28/2008 2:47:37 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Never say never (there'll be a VP you'll like))
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No, Tomahawk cruise missiles.


7 posted on 02/28/2008 2:50:15 PM PST by maquiladora
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
Carries aegis missiles?

Aegis is the radar system. It carries Standard and Tomahawk missiles, maybe Harpoons.

15 posted on 02/28/2008 6:19:06 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
Carries aegis missiles?
Umm no.
An Arleigh Burke Class (DDG-51) Destroyer carries SM-2 anti-aircraft missiles, SM-2 Block IVs which can hit ballistic missiles, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (close in anti-missile defense), Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and Tomahawk Cruise missiles. You are probably thinking of the Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile (TLAM).

Aegis, or rather the AEGIS Weapon System MK-7, is the name for an information system designed to protect a fleet (hence it is named after Zeus's shield). Combined with the SPY-1D radar, this allows real-time tracking and targeting of every ship, missile, and plane in a 175 mile radius.

16 posted on 02/28/2008 6:28:33 PM PST by rmlew (Grievance politics is a mental illness)
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