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USS Missouri fires a BGM-109 Tomahawk missile. Note the CIWS mounts to the left and right of the bridge.

During the 1980s the United States reactivated, modernized, and recommissioned its Iowa class battleships, partly in keeping with President Ronald Reagan's campaign plank, which called for a "600-ship Navy" and partly because of the Soviet Union's commissioning of the Kirov class battlecruiser. During the modernization the Iowa class battleships received the Armored Box Launcher system, enabling them to fire BGM-109 Tomahawk and AGM-84 Harpoon missiles, as well as the Phalanx Close-in weapon system for protection against enemy missiles. Missouri and her sister ship Wisconsin made use of these missile launchers during Operation Desert Storm, becoming the first ships to fire missiles in the 1991 Gulf War.

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Missouri fires Tomohawk missile

USS Missouri fires a BGM-109 Tomahawk missile. Note the CIWS mounts to the left and right of the bridge.

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During the 1980's the United States reactivated, modernized, and recommissioned its Iowa class battleships, partly in keeping with President Ronald Reagan's campaign plank, which called for a "600-ship Navy" and partly because of the Soviet Union's commissioning of the Kirov class battlecruiser. During the modernization the Iowa class battleships recieved the Amored Box Launcher system, enabling them to fire BGM-109 Tomahawk and AGM-84 Harpoon missiles, as well as the Phalanx Close-in weapon system for protection against enemy missles. Missouri and her sister ship Wisconsin made use of these missile launchers during Operation Desert Storm, becoming the first ships to fire missiles in the 1991 Gulf War.

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Background notes: USS Missouri (BB-63)

English: The third USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is a U.S. Navy battleship, notable as the final battleship to be built by the United States and the site of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II.

Español: El USS Misouri (BB-63), conocido por ("Mighty Mo" o "Big Mo"), es un acorazado de la US Navy construido en New York, famoso por firmarse en el la rendición incondicional del Imperio del Japón a las fuerzas aliadas.

日本語: ミズーリ (USS Missouri, BB-63) はアメリカ海軍の戦艦。アイオワ級の3番艦。ニューヨーク海軍工廠にて建造。太平洋戦争での日本の降伏調印式場となる。当時の大統領トルーマンの出身州に因んで同艦が選定された。現在はハワイ州パールハーバーで記念艦として保存。

USS Missouri (BB-63)

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