The Navy built the first Aegis cruisers using the hull and machinery designs of Spruance class destroyers. The commissioning of USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) opened a new era in surface warfare as the ...

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." At around 0300, on Sunday, 22 December, the Aegis cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) shot down an F/A-18F preparing to land on USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75 ...

It is equipped with the Aegis Combat System ... Officially, the Ticonderoga-class cruisers have superior air defense and ballistic missile defense (BMD) capabilities. These systems might better ...