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Laboon Launch

A Tomahawk missile launches from the guided missile destroyer USS Laboon in the Red Sea, April 14, 2018. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kallysta Castillo

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Tags: central command, centcom, navy, syria special
Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Kallysta VIRIN: 180414-N-ET513-0004Y.JPG

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