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 -    • How the U.S. saved the Red Army in World W...   Javelin Missile The Best Tank Busters -    • How Powerful Javelin Anti-tank Missile   Differences Ballistic Missile & Cruise Missile -    • What are the Differences between a Ballist...   What is an intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM )?    • What is an intercontinental ballistic miss...   TOW Missile Anti-Tank Guided Missiles Work?    • TOW Missile & How BGM-71 TOW Anti-Tank Gui...   How Do Tomahawk Cruise Missile Work?    • How Do Tomahawk Cruise Missile Work?   Tupolev Tu 22M Backfire Bomber Threat to the U.S. Navy –    • The Renewed Tupolev Tu 22M Backfire Bomber...   V-22 Osprey Just Keeps Getting Better    • Why America's V-22 Osprey Just Keeps Getti...   Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP) -    • MRAP Vehicles In US Military |  Military V...   Subscribe Now :    / @military-tv   Facebook:   / usmilitarynewsvideos   Instagram:   / militaryvideos_   Twitter: