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The armament of a Strike Cruiser is comparable to that of a [[Imperial Navy]] [[Dauntless Light Cruiser]], equipped with two [[Weapons Batteries]]. However, the Strike Cruiser omits the [[lance]] weaponry in exchange for a mighty [[Bombardment Cannon]].{{Fn|1b}} Strike Cruisers can also be equipped with [[Exterminatus|Exterminatus-class weapons]]{{Fn|27}} or a [[Nova Cannon]].{{Fn|29}}
[[Vulkan]] led the design of the first true Strike Cruisers near the end of the Great Crusade, but the Horus Heresy delayed their rollout. After the first stages of the Scouring and the [[Second Founding|Founding#Second_Founding]] the design was revised by the rebuilding Imperium to arm the Adeptus Astartes.{{Fn|45}}
Additionally a Strike Cruiser has a flight deck for launching two squadrons of [[Thunderhawk Gunship]]s.{{Fn|1b}}
