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| Keywords: Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launch.jpg Sea Sparrow RIM-7 surface-to-air missile launch original image caption 040206-N-2970T-002 At sea aboard USS Essex LHD 2 Feb 6 2004 - USS Essex LHD 2 launches one of the ship ™s Sea Sparrow RIM-7 surface-to-air missiles during a training exercise The Navy uses the Sea Sparrow version aboard ships as a surface-to-air anti-missile defense weapon The versatile Sparrow has all-weather all-altitude operational capability and can attack high-performance aircraft and missiles from any direction During the exercise the missile intercepted a remote controlled GPS-guided test drone Essex and the guided missile destroyer USS John McCain participated in the missile firing exercise conducted to test the ships defensive capability U S Navy photo by Photographer ™s Mate Airman Marvin E Thompson Jr RELEASED image source http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 11792 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Launches of RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 | ||||
