A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) RIM-7M Sea Sparrow radar-guided, air-to-air missile is fired from the Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) onboard the US Navy (USN) SPRUANCE CLASS: DESTROYER, USS FIFE (DD 991) during the Pacific Phase of Exercise UNITAS 43-03. UNITAS (Latin for "unity") involves warships from six countries participating in ten days of intense war games designed to build multinational coalitions while promoting hemispheric defense and mutual cooperation
Summary
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Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS 43-03
Base: Uss Fife (DD 991)
Scene Major Command Shown: destroyer USS Fife (DD-991)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Shane T. Mccoy, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
05/07/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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