Sailors assigned to the combat systems department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis lower a Surface Launch Intercept Missile into the forward Sea Sparrow missile launcher. The RIM-162D-1 features advanced range and maneuvering capabilities and is being tested for the first time aboard Stennis during a Combat System Ships Qualification Trials conducted off the coast of southern California.
| Date Taken: | 10.06.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 10.09.2008 01:05 |
| Photo ID: | 120957 |
| VIRIN: | 081006-N-2610F-024 |
| Resolution: | 2643x2100 |
| Size: | 600.04 KB |
| Location: | USS JOHN C. STENNIS, USNORTHCOM, AT SEA |
| Web Views: | 95 |
| Downloads: | 13 |
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