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A NATO Sea Sparrow missile launches Nov. 20, 2008, during a live-fire missile exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Eisenhower is conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean.

LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE

A NATO Sea Sparrow missile launches Nov. 20, 2008, during a live-fire missile exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Eisenhower is conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean.

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