Missile Launches and Weaponry

Dramatic shots of missiles and artillery in action, including mortar launches and missile tests conducted by military forces.

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron conduct a controlled detonation, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. EOD technicians are responsible for the disposal of all unexploded ordnance on the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal)

A 120mm mortar leaves the tube, fired by Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment headquartered in Fort Wayne, Ind., fire 120mm mortars at Camp Atterbury, Ind., July 13.

1990 - Smoke and dust surround a Multiple-Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher after the test firing of an Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile..

NORTH SEA (June 1, 2021) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) in the North Sea as part of exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS), June 1, 2021. ASD/FS, conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO on behalf of U.S. Sixth Fleet, is a live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise that improves Allied interoperability using NATO command and control reporting structures.

A Trident I missile is launched from the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-88-00758. Country: Unknown

A BGM-109 Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) is launched from the aft Vertical Launch System (VLS) aboard the guided missile cruiser USS BUNKER HILL (CG-52) during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: USS Bunker Hill(CG 52)

1980 - Launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile..

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron conduct a controlled detonation, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. EOD technicians are responsible for the disposal of all unexploded ordnance on the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal)

A view of a Talos surface-to-air missile, gaining altitude after being fired from the guided missile cruiser USS OKLAHOMA CITY (CG-5). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A view of a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) firing a round of ammunition. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

160719-N-MW990-035PACIFIC OCEAN (July 19, 2016) USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, launches the first over-the-horizon missile engagement using a Harpoon Block 1C missile. Twenty-six nations, 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

DA-SC-88-01649. Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of a missile being fired from the aft launcher aboard the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47). Base: USS Ticonderoga (CG 47)

DF-SC-87-12795. Country: Unknown

A Fleet Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6) BQM-74C target drone is launched from flight deck of the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD 987) during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. The drone will be used as a target by anti-aircraft gunners aboard ships taking part in the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Two Reduced-Range Practice Rockets (RRPR), fired from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) attached to Baker Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, fly over the Baltic Sea during a Latvian-led combined military exercise in Liepāja, Latvia, Sept. 27, 2022. Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division Artillery and the 321st FAR are working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

A Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701) on the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC) range. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A U.S. Marine Corps High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, launches a M28A1, reduced range practice rocket, in support of exercise Valiant Shield 2022 on Angaur, Palau, June 8, 2022. Exercise such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

220413-N-NY430-1010PACIFIC OCEAN (April 13, 2022) - A Phalanx close-in weapons system fires during a live-fire exercise aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), April 13. The Navy trains, certifies, and deploys combat ready naval forces prepared to face a full range of missionsfrom humanitarian and peacekeeping operations, to major regional conflicts, to ballistic missile defensearound the globe. Makin Island is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

020710-N-0012S-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Uss John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Scene Major Command Shown: USS JFK (CV-67)

1982 - A BOMARC II surface-to-surface missile is launched from station 'A'..

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 20, 2012) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) fires Standard Missiles (SM) 2 at an airborne drone during a live-fire weapons shoot. Cowpens is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, the U.S. Navys only forward deployed carrier strike group, and is conducting a routine patrol of the western Pacific region.

A Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) after it emerges from the Transporter-Erector Launcher (TEL) during a test firing. Base: Utah Test And Training Range State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile is fired from a Multiple-Launcher Rocket System (MLRS) launcher during testing. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army M142 HIMARS from A Battery, 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Multi Domain Task Force, conducts training on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii, Nov. 7, 2022. Leaders across the joint force observed live fire from the M142 HIMARS during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center to enhance shared understanding of combined capabilities.

A GTR-18A Smokey Sam training missile launcher is ignited. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030320-N-6141B-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Donald Cook (DDG 75)

A Tomahawk (BGM-109) cruise missile is launched from the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701). Its final destination is on the Tonapah Test Range in Nevada. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DF-ST-86-05158. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL)

DN-ST-95-01198. Country: Western Pacific

2001 - A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Sea Sparrow missile is launched after locking onto its target .

A semiballistic missile is launched from a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) launcher as the Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) is tested during a night firing at Launch CompleX No. 33. (No. 5 in a series of 6 views.). Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, fire rockets from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 14, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Pacific Ocean, May 6, 2013 - A Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) fires during a pre-aim calibration exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

M198 155mm Howitzer

A view of a Talos surface-to-air guided missile, moments after being launched from the starboard side of the guided missile cruiser USS OKLAHOMA CITY (CG 5) at the Pacific Missile Test Range. This is the final firing of the Talos missile by the United States Navy. (Second view in a series of five). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

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July 13, 2010 - A controlled detonation set off by U.S. Soldiers with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, and Iraqi soldiers with Iraqi Bomb Disposal Company, to destroy unexploded ordnance outside Bassami, Iraq. The Iraqi Bomb Disposal Company with support and guidance from U.S. Soldiers with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, have been tasked to destroy unexploded ordnance found in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

U.S. Marines with 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, fire an M777 howitzer during Exercise Rolling Thunder at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 17, 2022. This exercise is a 10th Marines-led live fire artillery event that tested the units abilities to operate in a simulated littoral environment against a peer threat in a dynamic and multi-domain scenario.

Target drone taking off, BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone, USS Cowpens (CG-63), US Navy

020621-N-3986D-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Uss George Washington (CVN 73) Scene Major Command Shown: USS Geo. Washington (CVN-73)

A Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rocket is fired from a Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) during a live fire exercise by the 3rd Bn., 6th Field Arty., 1ST Infantry Div. Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment "TOP GUNS", 2nd Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conduct a 21-gun salute during the Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and 2nd Brigade Combat Team colors uncasing ceremony on July 30th, 2022, at Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania. The ceremony symbolizes the start of the division's forward deployment in Europe in support of the U.S. Army V Corps' mission to reinforce NATOs eastern flank and reassure partners across the European continent.

A ripple launch of Minuteman missiles takes place. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-85-06504. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires signal flares during a towed target exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, July 13, 2022. The exercise was conducted to increase proficiency with the weapons systems of the aircraft. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

PACIFIC OCEAN (September 1, 2022) - U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joseph Doyle, a UH-1Y pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362 (Reinforced), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an inert rocket at an unmanned High-Speed Maneuvering Surface Target during an integrated, live-fire exercise, Sept. 1. The ability to operate seamlessly and simultaneously on the sea, ashore, and in the air represents the unique value of the amphibious capability provided by the Navy-Marine Corps team. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is underway conducting integrated training operations with the 13th MEU in the U.S. 3rd Fleet to prepare for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Austin Gillam)

A D-5 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile heads skyward following its test launch from the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) off the coast of Florida. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Launch of a cruise missile at night, Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), US Navy

Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conducts platoon live-fire gunnery qualification Feb.14, 2019, at the Orchard Combat Training Center.The Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers are preparing for the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Teams upcoming rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., later this year.

Marines with Charlie Battery, Gun 2, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, fire off a 155mm round to a target located by forward observers during Operation Rolling Thunder at Fort Bragg, N.C. Oct. 18. The reason for the field operation was to practice basic fundamentals in a larger and new environment so Marines were able to gain knowledge and experience in a deployment mindset.

USS Missouri firing its guns, Persian Gulf

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 26, 2013) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Travis Stewart, assigned to G3 weapons department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise. Harry S. Truman is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise in preparation for its upcoming deployment.

DN-SD-03-16931. Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

020509-F-2902B-008. Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2013) A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1A interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the Pacific Ocean. The SM-3 Block 1A successfully intercepted a target missile that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii.

CHOERWON, South Korea - A M270A1 MLRS rocket launcher assigned to 210th Field Artillery Brigade fires a reduced range practice rocket during a regularly scheduled, routine live fire exercise, February 9, 2023. 210th Field Artillery Brigade conducts live fire training exercises throughout the year in order to certify MLRS crew members and maintain readiness.

A Pioneer I remotely-piloted vehicle (RPV) is launched during a rocket-booster assisted takeoff from the stern of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). The RPV, which carries a stabilized television camera and a laser designator, is being tested aboard the IOWA as a basic gunfire support system with over-the-horizon targeting and reconnaissance capabilities. The system may be operated out to a range of 110 miles from the battleship surface group and has an endurance of eight hours. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

010404-A-7788K-001. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

DF-SC-86-12975. Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020904-N-1058W-005. Base: Uss Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Major Command Shown: NATO Sea Sparrow on CVN-75

A soldier fires the FIM-92 Stinger missile at the MQM-170 Outlaw drone plane. The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile.

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 14, 2018) The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile. Monterey is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

U.S. Marine mortarmen with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a fire mission during a field exercise at Range 800 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 20, 2022. The FEX was designed to improve the battalions combat and contingency capabilities in preparation for future deployments.

040603-F-3886C-024. Base: Omaha Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA)

A projectile is fired at an Iraqi shore target from one of the Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns in the No. 2 turret aboard the battleship US WISCONSIN (BB-64) during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

010614-A-9846J-001. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines conduct squad attacks during a live-fire range at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 28, 2022. This training improved the Marines proficiency at the tactical level and developed small-unit leadership. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

An AGM-119B Penguin anti-ship missile heads toward its target after being fired from an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter during testing. Country: Unknown

DN-SC-87-06147. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Aerial view of an Apache AH64D military helicopter releasing flares against a clear blue sky, Changi Exhibition Centre, Singapore.

040726-N-0000X-001. Base: Point Mugu Sea Range State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M712 Copperhead cannon-launched laser-guided projectile strikes the target, an M47 medium tank. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030227-M-5150A-019. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

An M1150 assault breacher vehicle assigned to 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shoots an inert mine clearing line charge during a demolition range as part of Defender 22 at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 12, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises taking place in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO.

A rocket with a line of C-4 attached known as a line charge explodes within a mock mine field during a Hawaiian Combined Arms Operation in the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Pacific Ocean, May 25, 2006 - A standard missile 2 (SM-2) is launched from the Pearl Harbor-based Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) as part of a U.S. Navy missile defense demonstration. The demonstration, in cooperation with the Missile Defense Agency, was the first sea-based intercept of a ballistic missile in its terminal phase. A short-range target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. Shortly thereafter, it was intercepted by the SM-2.

Two flight deck crewmen watch as a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is launched from the starboard side forward Mark 29 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile (NSSM) launcher aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64). Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

Members of the Northern Army, Japan Self-Defense Force, fire rockets from a Multiple Launch Rocket System alongside U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 10, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Slovak Soldiers fire rockets from their RM-70 Multiple Rocket Launchers (MRL) during a multinational live-fire training as part of Exercise Dynamic Front 2022 in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 19, 2022. Dynamic Front 2022, led by 56th Artillery Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, is the premiere U.S.-led NATO Allies and Partners-integrated fires exercise in the European theater focusing on fire interoperability and increasing readiness, lethality and interoperability across the human, procedural and technical domains.

The United States Army test launches the first Pershing II battlefield support missile at 10:50 a.m. EDT. An in flight malfunction occurred during the first stage burn, causing the missile to self-destruct. Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

World War II - Atomic bomb, Hiroshima August 1945. The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 11945. The two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.

An Opposition Forces Marine fires an AT-4 light anti-tank weapon during a skirmish. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

120808-N-PK218-189 ARABIAN SEA (Aug. 8, 2012) A close-in weapons system (CIWS) fires during an operational test aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69). Vicksburg is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.

DA-SC-88-01651. Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1982 - A Pershing missile is launched from Complex 16..

An AIM-120A AMRAMM missile is launched from a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), at Site 15A at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Designated HUMRAAM, the demonstration was a joint U. S. Air Force, U. S. Army and industry program to determine the feasibility of launching AIM-120A AMRAMM missiles from a HMMWV configured with five launchers. The results of the launches were favorable and may lead to additional testing. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 6, 2020) Chief Gunners Mate Ricardo Stewart, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., left, watches as Gunners Mate 3rd Class Cullen McArdle, from New Brunswick, N.J., fires a flare during a flare exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52). Barry is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleets principal surface force.

A machine gunner with Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, fires an M-249 squad automatic weapon during a heliborne raid here Aug. 2. The long-range helicopter raid was the last training evolution the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted during its second at-sea training period. The MEU has one exercise left before deploying later this year.

A pair of M270A1 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket Systems) from Fort Sills 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment launch rockets during Operation Daring Warrior Sep. 17, 2022.

U.S. Marines assigned to Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, fire an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI)course2-22, near Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 13, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

A US Marine Corps (USMC) KC-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron Two Three Four (VMGR-234), launches a display of countermeasure flares, while flying a trailing formation with a second aircraft over the desert in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

110919-N-QJ471-503ARABIAN SEA (Sept. 19, 2011) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Gianfranco Francisco fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise on the fantail aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility on its first operational deployment conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 19, 2022) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches an SM-2 missile alongside ships from the Royal Canadian Navy as part of the Surface to Air Missile Exercise (SAMEX) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 19. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

020723-M-0367H-005. Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY LIVE FIRE Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d Battalion 12th Marine Regimen

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 26, 2020) The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) launches an SM-2 missile during exercise Rim of the Pacific 2020. Ten nations, 22 ships, one submarine, and more than 5,300 personnel are participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) from August 17 to 31 at sea around the Hawaiian Islands. RIMPAC is a biennial exercise designed to foster and sustain cooperative relationships, critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. The exercise is a unique training platform designed to enhance interoperability and strategic maritime partnerships. RIMPAC 2020 is the 27th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

United States: c. 1970. Three generations of NIke air defense missiles showing, L-R: Ajax,(1953), Hercules(1958), and Zeus (1960). The Hercules & Zeus had nuclear warhead carrying capabilities.

Silhoutted against the sun, a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) with AMRAAM's is waiting to be tested to prove that the AMRAMM can be fired from a HUMVEE vehicle. The combination has been nicknamed HUMRAAM by some of the testers. Base: Okaloosa Island State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

051216-A-5567G-001. Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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