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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A missile launches from the deck of a ship at sea.

Longbow Launch

An AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missile launches from the surface-to-surface missile module aboard the Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery in the Pacific Ocean, May, 12, 2022. The exercise was the first proof of concept launch of the Longbow Hellfire missile against land-based target.

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