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Destroyers and guided missile destroyers
operate in support of carrier battle groups, surface action groups,
amphibious groups and replenishment groups. Destroyers primarily perform
anti-submarine warfare duty while guided missile destroyers are
multi-mission [Anti-Air Warfare (AAW), Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), and
Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW)] surface combatants. The addition of the Mk-41
Vertical Launch System or Tomahawk
Armored Box Launchers (ABLs) to many Spruance-class destroyers has
greatly expanded the role of the destroyer in strike warfare.
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