Guided-missile destroyer


A guided-missile destroyer is a destroyer whose primary armament is guided missiles so they can provide anti-aircraft warfare screening for the fleet. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG, while destroyers which have a primary gun armament or a small number of anti-aircraft missiles sufficient only for point-defense are designated DD. Nations vary in their use of destroyer D designation in their hull pennant numbering, either prefixing or dropping it altogether.
Guided-missile destroyers are equipped with large missile magazines, with modern examples typically having vertical-launch cells. Some contain integrated weapons systems, such as the United States’ Aegis Combat System, and may be adopted for use in an anti-missile or ballistic-missile defense role. This is especially true for navies that no longer operate cruisers, so other vessels must be adopted to fill in the gap.
Many guided-missile destroyers are also multipurpose vessels, equipped to carry out anti-surface operations with surface-to-surface missiles and naval guns, and anti-submarine warfare with torpedoes and helicopters.

Active and planned

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[Royal Canadian Navy]

  • * HMCS Fraser
  • * HMCS Saint-Laurent
  • * HMCS ''Mackenzie''

Chinese [People's Liberation Army Navy">People's Liberation Army Navy">Chinese [People's Liberation Army Navy]

File:PLANS Guiyang 20200428.jpg|250px|thumb|Type 052D destroyer in the People's Liberation Army Navy

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[French Navy]

Although the French Navy no longer uses the term "destroyer", the largest frigates are assigned pennant numbers with flag superior "D", which designates destroyer.

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Italian Navy">Marina Militare">Italian Navy

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[Korean People's Navy]

[Republic of Korea Navy]

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[Spanish Navy]

Turkish Navy">Turkish Naval Forces">Turkish Navy

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