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As seen through the submarine's periscope, a BGM-109 Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position rises out of the water after being fired from a vertical launch tube aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm

As seen through the submarine's periscope, a BGM-109 Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) heads for an Iraqi target after being launched from a vertical launch tube aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm

As seen through the submarine's periscope, a BGM-109 Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position begins to leave the water after being fired from a vertical launch tube aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm

As seen through the submarine's periscope, a BGM-109 Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position clears the surface of the water after being fired from a vertical launch tube aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm

As seen through the submarine's periscope, a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position leaves the water after being fired from a vertical launch tube aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm. (Fourth in a series of nine views.)

As seen through the submarine's periscope, the cover begins to separate from the lower section of a BGM-109 Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position following the missile's launch a from a vertical launch tube aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm

As seen through the submarine's periscope, the nose of a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position emerges from the water after being fired from a vertical launch tube aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm. (First in a series of nine views.)

A BGM-109 Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) gains altitude after being fired at an Iraqi shore target by the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) during Operation Desert Storm

A BGM-109 Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) is fired toward an Iraqi target from the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) at the start of Operation Desert Storm

As seen through the submarine's periscope, a BGM-109 Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position rises into the sky after being fired from a vertical launch tube aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm

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19/01/1991
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label_outline Explore Iraqi Position, Bgm 109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, Attack Submarine Uss Pittsburgh

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) David Johnson (left), GUNNER, and Sergeant (SGT) Justin Javar (right), Assistant GUNNER, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 17th Infantry Regiment (1/17th), 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), fire illumination flares from inside their Stryker Mortar Carrier Vehicle (MCV) 120 mm mortar cannon, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, in order to light-up the night sky over Mosul, Ninawa Province, Iraq (IRQ), in order to deny Iraqi insurgents the opportunity to place improvised explosive devices (IEDs) under the cover of darkness

Representatives of the General Dynamics Corp. ride on a trailer with a BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile during the "San Diego Salutes the Troops" parade. The parade is being held to honor all veterans, with special recognition being given to units that took part in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

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As seen through the submarine's periscope, the nose of a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position emerges from the water after being fired from a vertical launch tube aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm. (First in a series of nine views.)

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