A Pioneer I remotely-piloted vehicle (RPV) is launched during a rocket-booster assisted takeoff from the stern of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). The RPV, which carries a stabilized television camera and a laser designator, is being tested aboard the IOWA as a basic gunfire support system with over-the-horizon targeting and reconnaissance capabilities. The system may be operated out to a range of 110 miles from the battleship surface group and has an endurance of eight hours
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: PHC Jeff Hilton
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/11/1986
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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