صورة:Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launch.jpg

• Sea Sparrow RIM-7 surface-to-air missile launch

• original image caption: 040206-N-2970T-002 At sea aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) Feb. 6, 2004 - USS Essex (LHD 2) launches one of the ship’s “Sea Sparrow” RIM-7 surface-to-air missiles during a training exercise. The Navy uses the Sea Sparrow version aboard ships as a surface-to-air anti-missile defense weapon. The versatile Sparrow has all-weather, all-altitude operational capability and can attack high-performance aircraft and missiles from any direction. During the exercise, the missile intercepted a remote controlled, GPS-guided test drone. Essex and the guided missile destroyer USS John McCain participated in the missile firing exercise conducted to test the ships defensive capability. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Marvin E. Thompson Jr. (RELEASED)

• image source: http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=11792

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