The US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) conducts a MK 15 Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CWIS) live fire test in the Persian Gulf. CWIS is a fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20-millimeter gun system that provides USN ships with a terminal defense against anti-ship missiles that have penetrated other fleet defenses. The ROOSEVELT and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf supporting Operation STEEL CURTAIN, a joint US-Iraqi military offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al-Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Persian Gulf
Scene Camera Operator: PHAA Nathan Laird, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/11/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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