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An AAI RQ-7 Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle, sits on a pneumatic launcher before takeoff during training on Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan's Khowst province, Aug. 27, 2013.

SHADOW LAUNCH

An AAI RQ-7 Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle, sits on a pneumatic launcher before takeoff during training on Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan's Khowst province, Aug. 27, 2013.

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