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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A ship launches a missile at sea.

Missile Mission

The USS Gabrielle Giffords launches a Naval Strike Missile as part of shipboard operational testing and evaluation in the Pacific Ocean, March 18, 2021.

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