Ticonderoga-class cruiser – The Defense Post

Mar- 2026 -

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A Standard Missile-3 Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) to intercept a target missile during a test in the mid-Pacific

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