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A RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile is fired from the forward launcher aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a live-fire exercise in the Pacific Ocean, March 9, 2015.

SPARROW LAUNCH

A RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile is fired from the forward launcher aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a live-fire exercise in the Pacific Ocean, March 9, 2015.

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