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USS Long Beach: The U.S. Navy's 'Last' Cruiser Was a Nuclear 'Monster' Russia Hated
USS Long Beach (CGN-9) was a ship of firsts and lasts ... The Pentagon upgraded the nuclear-powered cruiser with the Aegis Combat System. Yet, in the wake of America’s victory in Desert Storm ...
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Aegis Weapon System
The first Engineering Development Model (EDM-1) was installed in the test ship, USS Norton Sound (AVM 1) in 1973. The computer-based command and decision element is the core of the Aegis combat ...