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
Artist conception of Mark I variant (1976 version)
Aegis Combat System program office insignia
Virginia-class cruiser
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The Virginia class were four nuclear-powered, guided-missile cruisers that served in the United States Navy until the mid-to-late 1990s. They were commissioned between 1976 and 1980. The Virginias wer
Strike cruiser
…of the class, the Aegis destroyers were expanded into the Ticonderoga class (CG-47) Aegis cruiser program. An intermediate-size design based on the Virginia class was briefly considered, but also rejected. The design of the Strike Cruiser can to this day be seen on the official Aegis Combat System program office…
USS Virginia (CGN-38) at sea
Virginia underway off the coast of Cape Henry, Virginia (VA)
Artist's impression of CGN-42, the planned AEGIS version of the Virginia-class
A shock trial of Arkansas in 1982