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The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason fires its 5-inch, 54-caliber lightweight gun during a live-fire exercise with the Chinese army destroyer Harbin in the Gulf of Aden, Aug. 24, 2013.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason fires its 5-inch, 54-caliber lightweight gun during a live-fire exercise with the Chinese army destroyer Harbin in the Gulf of Aden, Aug. 24, 2013.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason fires its 5-inch, 54-caliber lightweight gun during a live-fire exercise with the Chinese army destroyer Harbin in the Gulf of Aden, Aug. 24, 2013.

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