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Modern U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers perform primarily in a Battle Force role. These ships are multi-mission (AAW, ASW, ASUW) surface combatants capable of supporting carrier battle groups, amphibious forces, or of operating independently and as flagships of surface action groups. Due to their extensive combat capability, these ships have been designated as Battle Force Capable (BFC) units. The cruisers are equipped with Tomahawk ASM/LAM giving them additional long range strike mission capability. Technological advances in the Standard Missile coupled with the AEGIS combat system in Ticonderoga class cruisers and the upgrading of older cruisers have increased the AAW capability of surface combatants to pinpoint accuracy from wave-top to zenith. The addition of Tomahawk ASM/LAM in the CG-47 has vastly complicated unit target planning for any potential enemy and returned an offensive strike role to the surface forces that seemed to have been lost to air power at Pearl Harbor. Ship characteristics: Speed 30 plus knots; Crew consists of 24 officers and 340 enlisted; Aircraft on board includes two SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS) in CG-47-48, two SH-60 Sea Hawks (Lamps III); Armament includes MK26 missile launcher (CG-47 - 51), Standard Missile (MR) or MK41 vertical launching system (CG52-CG73); Standard Missile (MR); Vertical launch ASROC (VLA) missile, Tomahawk ASM/LAM, Six MK-46 torpedoes, two MK 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, and two Phalanx close-in-weapons systems.