Forward edge of the battle area

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The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer built around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multifunction passive electronically scanned array radar.

RIM-162 ESSM quadpacked configuration (DDG-79 onward).RIM-66M Surface-to-Air Missile with an ASuW mode.Flights I & II: 90-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS).2 × Mk 141 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Launcher (Flight I & II only).AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures.AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System.Flight IIA: 23 officers, 300 enlisted.

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USS Arleigh Burke in the Chesapeake Bay in 2013