guided missile destroyer

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• Guided missile destroyer — A guided missile destroyer is a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. Many are also equipped to carry out anti submarine, anti air, and anti surface operations. In the U.S. Navy, their hull classification symbol is DDG.In addition to the… …   Wikipedia

• guided missile destroyer — noun a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship • Syn: ↑destroyer • Derivationally related forms: ↑destroy (for: ↑destroyer) • Hypernyms: ↑warship, ↑war …   Useful english dictionary

• Destroyer minesweeper — was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high speed ocean going minesweepers for service during World War II. The hull number for such a ship began DMS . Forty two ships were so… …   Wikipedia

• Integrated Guided Missile Development Program — An Agni II during the Republic Day Parade in 2004 The Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP) was an Indian Ministry of Defence program between the early 1980s and 2007 for the development of a comprehensive range of missiles,… …   Wikipedia

• Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System — DescriptionThe Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System, or Mk 74 Guided Missile Fire Control System, or just Tartar , is a US built medium range anti aircraft missile system. The French version used on Cassard class frigates is composed by a… …   Wikipedia

• Destroyer — For other uses, see Destroyer (disambiguation). USS Winston S.Churchill, a US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet …   Wikipedia

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• Destroyer escort — A destroyer escort (DE) is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti… …   Wikipedia

• Destroyer tender — The destroyer tender Klondike with a flotilla of Sumner class destroyers A destroyer tender is a ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in… …   Wikipedia

• destroyer — /di stroy euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that destroys. 2. a fast, relatively small, warship armed mainly with 5 in. (13 cm) guns. [1350 1400; ME destroiere (cf. OF destruiere). See DESTROY, ER1] * * * Fast naval vessel used to protect other… …   Universalium

• Missile — For other uses, see Missile (disambiguation). A V 2 missile launch by the British during Operation Backfire. Though a missile may be any thrown or launched object, it colloquially almost always refers to a self propelled guided weapon system.… …   Wikipedia