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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]]. Additionally a Strike Cruiser has a flight deck for launching two squadrons of [[Thunderhawk Gunship]]s.{{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 [[Founding#Second_FoundingSecond Founding|Second Founding]] the design was revised by the rebuilding Imperium to arm the Adeptus Astartes.{{Fn|45}}
===Variants===
[[Image:BFGSMStrikeCruiser.gif|center|thumb|[[Ultramarines]] Strike Cruiser]]
==Related ArticlesSee also==
*[[Space Marine Fleet]]
==Sources==
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**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 22
*{{Endn|34}}: [[Spear of the Emperor (Novel)]], Chapter 17
*{{Endn|36}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
*{{Endn|37}}: [[ The Eye of Ezekiel (Novel)]] - Chapter 3
*{{Endn|38}}: [[Fulgrim (Novel)]] - Chapter 13
*{{Endn|39}}: [[ White Dwarf December 2019]], pg. 72
*{{Endn|40}}: [[Warden of the Blade (Novel)]] - Prologue
*{{Endn|41}}: [[Tallarn: Siren (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|42}}: [[Malodrax (Novel)]], Chapter 2
*{{Endn|43}}: [[Blood Reaver (Novel)]] - Chapter XI
*{{Endn|44}}: [[ Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)]], pgs. 58–59*{{Endn|45}}: [[ The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution]], pgs. 35
*{{Endn|46}}: [[Veritas Ferrum (Audio Drama)]]
*{{Endn|47}}: [[Daedalus (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|48}}: [[ Cadia Stands (Novel]] - Part 4, Chapter 3*{{Endn|49}}: [[ White Dwarf 279 (UK)]], pg. 64
*{{Endn|50}}: [[Deathfire (Novel)]] - Chapter 6
*{{Endn|51}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)]], pg. 98
