Photo: US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stuart Phillips
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 4, 2011) A BQM-74E aerial drone is launched from the guided-missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) to simulate an incoming missile for a weapons firing exercise during the Atlantic phase of UNITAS 52 off the coast of Brazil. Ships from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and Argentine, Brazilian and Mexican navies participated in the firing exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stuart Phillips/Released)
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