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| | Ticonderoga Class Cruiser Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Ticonderoga class cruisers are the first warships in the world to use phased-array radar; the increased combat capability offered by the AEGIS combat system and the AN/SPY-1 radar system justified the changing of the classification of Ticonderoga and Yorktown from DDG (guided missile destroyer) to CG (guided missile cruiser). |
 | | The two VLS systems allow the ship to have 127 launch tubes that can carry a wide variety of missiles, including the Tomahawk cruise missile, the Standard surface-to-air missile, and the ASROC anti-submarine missile. |
 | | However, more importantly, the VLS system enables all missiles to be fully standing by at any given time, shortening the ship's reaction time. |
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