Ticonderoga Class of Guided-Missile Cruisers

Ticonderoga Class Aegis Guided-Missile Cruisers - The Ticonderoga class of guided-missile cruisers is a class of warships in the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year. The Ticonderoga-class cruiser’s design was based on that of the Spruance-class destroyer. The SM-3 is designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside the earth’s atmosphere and will form part of the US Navy’s Sea-based Midcourse Defense. The missile has new GPS/inertial navigation guidance and kinetic warhead. Raytheon began deliveries of the SM-3 in December 2004. Lockheed Martin has developed the Aegis ballistic missile defence 3.0 capability for the Aegis combat system to engage ballistic missiles with the SM-3 missile. Other videos you might like: U.S. saved the Red Army in WW II - Javelin Missile The Best Tank Busters - Differences Ballistic Missile & Cruise Missile - What is an intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM )? TOW Missile Anti-Tank Guided Missiles Work? How Do Tomahawk Cruise Missile Work? Tupolev Tu 22M Backfire Bomber Threat to the U.S. Navy – V-22 Osprey Just Keeps Getting Better Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP) - Subscribe Now : Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: