Editing USS Winston S. Churchill (section)

==Design==
The ship is the first of the Flight IIA variants fitted with the 62-caliber [[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun|Mark 45 Mod 4 naval gun]] system. The guns' longer barrels allow more complete combustion of the propellant, reducing barrel flare and improving projectile velocity and firepower against ship and shore targets; additionally, the Mk 45 mod 4 uses a modified gun-house, designed to reduce its radar signature. ''Winston S. Churchill'' is armed with [[Tomahawk (missile family)|Tomahawk]], [[Standard Missile|Standard]] and [[RUR-5 ASROC|ASROC]] (VLA) missiles.<ref name="National Defense Magazine">{{cite web |work=National Defense Magazine |last=Kennedy |first=Harold |title=USS Churchill Shows Off High-Tech Gear |url=http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2001/April/Pages/USS_Churchill4271.aspx |date=April 2001 |access-date=12 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420075613/http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2001/April/Pages/USS_Churchill4271.aspx |archive-date=20 April 2016 }}</ref>

The vessel additionally contains two hangars, not present in earlier destroyers; these can house [[Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System]] (LAMPS) [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|Sikorsky SH-60B or MH-60R Seahawk]] helicopters. These LAMPS can be fitted with air-to-surface missiles for surface ship attacks, and torpedoes for submarine attacks.

The ship is also fitted with the [[AN/SPY-1]]D phased array radar—this represents a significant advancement in the detection capabilities of the Aegis weapon system and provides enhanced resistance to electronic countermeasures. The radar can guide more than one hundred missiles at once to targets as far as {{convert|600|nmi|lk=in}}.