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A missile launches from a ship at night.

Porter Ops

The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter conducts strike operations in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017. The ship conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.

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