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A concrete target explodes after being struck by a conventionally armed Tomahawk land attack cruise missile during a live warhead test. Launched from a submerged submarine 400 miles off the coast, the missile used its Terrain Matching Contour (TERCOM) system to get to the target area and its Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator (DSMAC) to zero in on the target. Third of six views

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A concrete target explodes after being struck by a conventionally armed Tomahawk land attack cruise missile during a live warhead test. Launched from a submerged submarine 400 miles off the coast, the missile used its Terrain Matching Contour (TERCOM) system to get to the target area and its Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator (DSMAC) to zero in on the target. Third of six views

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Base: San Clemente Island

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Beginning in ancient times, humans sought to operate under the water. The legendary origins of the submarine stretch back to 332 BC with a tale about Alexander the Great being lowered into the sea in a glass barrel to study fish. The submarine concept was thereafter consigned to the backwaters of history for some 1,800 years. This collection presents various submarines: from small and simple to nuclear-powered underwater behemoths.

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25/07/1984
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The U.S. National Archives
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