Keywords: US Navy 030609-N-4374S-007 A cloud of propellant-gas discharge is expelled from the 5-inch gun aboard the aegis cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72).jpg en Baltic Sea Jun 9 2003 -- A cloud of propellant-gas discharge is expelled from the 5-inch gun aboard the aegis cruiser USS Vella Gulf CG 72 during the annual maritime exercise Baltic Operations BALTOPS 2003 The United States and 12 other nations are participating in this year's exercise BALTOPS 2003 is intended to improve interoperability between allies and Partnership for Peace countries by conducting a peace support operation at sea including exercises in gunnery replenishment-at-sea undersea warfare radar tracking mine countermeasures seamanship search and rescue maritime interdiction operations and scenarios dealing with potentially real world crises U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg RELEASED 2003-06-09 030609-N-4374S-007 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 7994 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg PD-USGov-Military-Navy 5 /54 caliber Mark 45 gun firing BALTOPS 2003 Aboard USS Vella Gulf CG-72 |