Cruiser Baseline
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The Guided Missile Cruiser Baseline, or Cruiser Baseline for short, was a design study for a guided missile cruiser that would have the combat capabilities of VLS-capable Ticonderoga-class cruiser whi
Artist conception of the Cruiser Baseline by Richard Allison
Strike cruiser
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The strike cruiser was a proposal from DARPA for a class of cruisers in the late 1970s. The proposal was for the strike cruiser to be a guided missile attack cruiser with a displacement of around 17,2
Cruiser Baseline
…and mission growth throughout the anticipated service life. The Aegis Combat System was initially envisaged to be mounted on a "high-low" mix of large Strike Cruisers (CSGN) and smaller guided missile destroyers (DDG); the latter was initially designated DDG-47 and would have the system mounted on a hull based on…
Artist conception of Mark I variant (1976 version)
Aegis Combat System program office insignia