A Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Medium Range (MR) missile (SM-2MR) is fired from the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) onboard the US Navy (USN) ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS: GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER (Aegis) USS O'KANE (DDG 77), during Exercise "Rim of the Pacific" (RIMPAC 2002). The USN OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CLASS: GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE, USS CROMMELIN (FFG 37) and the USN SPRUANCE CLASS: DESTROYER, USS PAUL F. FOSTER (DD 964) follow in formation
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC 2002
Country: Unknown
Scene Major Command Shown: Destroyer USS O'KANE (DDG-77)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chris Desmond, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
06/07/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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