A Standard SM-MR1 (Block VIB) RIM-66B Surface to Air Missile (SAM) is launched from the Mark 13 (Mk 13) Missile Launcher on the bow of the Armada Espanola (Spanish Navy) Santa Maria Class Frigate (FFG) SPS CANARIAS (F 86), as the CANARIAS participates in a live-fire gun exercise during the Pacific Ocean (POC) phase of Exercise UNITAS 2006, held on the Chilean coast. UNITAS 2006 is an annual exercise that involves naval forces from Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and the US training together in a number of maritime scenarios with each national force operating as a component of this multi-national force
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Sps Canarias (F 86)
State: Unitas
Country: Chile (CHL)
Scene Camera Operator: MC2(Aw) Johansaen Laurel, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
29/07/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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