Cruiser (Guided Missile) CG USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)The Navy And The Missile Threat Pt 1 -- New Wars
Since the 1970s the US Navy has built or ordered 99 Aegis equipped anti-missile warships, the 27 CG-47 Ticonderoga class cruisers (5 decommissioned) and 62 DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers which their own websight describes as “the most powerful surface combatant ever put to sea.” They are also the most expensive now averaging $2 billion each.
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