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guided missile cruiser

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | 247 words | Copyright

guided missile cruiser CG a warship designed to counter air, surface, and subsurface threats in combination with strike and amphibious forces, usually equipped with 5-inch guns, antisubmarine weapons, and an advanced area-defense antiair-missile.

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