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. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG. Nations vary in their use of destroyer D designation in their hull pennant numbering, either prefixing or dropping it altogether. The U.S. Navy has adopted the classification DDG in the American hull classification system.

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• Active and planned guided missile destroyers
• Argentine Navy
• Royal Australian Navy
• Royal Canadian Navy
• Peoples Liberation Army Navy of China
• French Navy
• German Navy
• Indian Navy
• Italian Navy
• Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
• Royal Netherlands Navy
• Republic of Korea Navy
• Russian Navy
• Spanish Navy
• Republic of China Navy Taiwan
• Royal Navy
• Royal Norwegian Navy
• United States Navy
• Former guided missile destroyer classes
• References

In addition to the guns, a guided-missile destroyer is usually equipped with two large missile magazines, usually in vertical-launch cells. Some guided-missile destroyers contain powerful radar systems, such as the United States’ Aegis Combat System, and may be adapted for use in an anti-missile or ballistic missile defense role. This is especially true of navies that no longer operate cruisers, as other vessels must be adopted to fill in the gap.