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guided missile cruiser

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noun

  1. a naval cruiser equipped with long-range guided missiles and missile launchers.


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A ship identifying itself as the USS Lake Erie - a guided missile cruiser - last transmitted its location in the Caribbean Sea on 30 August, east of the Panama Canal on 30 August.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

On 13 April 2022, explosions wracked the Russian guided missile cruiser Moskva as it sailed the Black Sea more than 100 kilometers south of the Ukrainian city of Odesa.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2023

The three Chinese ships, which included a guided missile cruiser, and four Russian vessels, including a destroyer, were detected in an area inside the U.S. exclusive economic zone.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

Two Navy reconnaissance ships recently conducted surveys in the sea prior to the visit in late November of the USS Chancellorsville, a guided missile cruiser, according to U.S. defense officials.

From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2022

The Russian Navy's guided missile cruiser Moskva sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey July 5, 2021.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2022

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