It is worth noting in that regard that the Aegis warships participating in the tests and technology upgrades are operational assets involved in a wide array of other roles even as they come to dominate the missile defense mission area.

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Its baggage handling, airbridges and flight information display systems may have been operational, but there was evidently too little time for proper tests and training.

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