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    Guardsmen home in on successful missile defense test [Image 2 of 3]

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    A crowd of people gathers at an outdoor memorial plaza featuring an American flag and a bronze bust statue to watch a rocket launch. A white contrail streaks upward into a clear blue sky in the background, consistent with a missile or rocket launch from a nearby facility. The setting appears to be a viewing area at or near a military installation, likely Vandenberg Space Force Base in California based on the coastal terrain.

    FORT GREELY, ALASKA, UNITED STATES

    12.05.2008

    Photo by Master Sgt. Mike Smith  

    National Guard Bureau

    A ground-based interceptor missile lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 5, during a live test of the nation's ground-based midcourse defense system. Alaska Army National Guard warfighters from the 49th Missile Defense Battalion at Fort Greely, Alaska, launched and directed the missile from the Fire Control Center Fort Greely, which successfully destroyed a target ballistic missile in space.

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    Date Taken: 12.05.2008
    Date Posted: 12.08.2008 16:45
    Photo ID: 134495
    VIRIN: 081105-F-5495S-003
    Resolution: 1643x1150
    Size: 414.41 KB
    Location: FORT GREELY, ALASKA, US
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    A military operations center showing multiple U.S. Army soldiers in ACU (Army Combat Uniform) working at computer workstations arranged in a curved console layout. The room features multiple monitors displaying what appear to be radar or satellite tracking displays, including a prominent globe/map visualization on a large central screen. Digital clocks on the wall display multiple time zones including Mountain, Eastern, Middle East, and Exercise times.
    A crowd of people gathers at an outdoor memorial plaza featuring an American flag and a bronze bust statue to watch a rocket launch. A white contrail streaks upward into a clear blue sky in the background, consistent with a missile or rocket launch from a nearby facility. The setting appears to be a viewing area at or near a military installation, likely Vandenberg Space Force Base in California based on the coastal terrain.
    Six U.S. Army personnel are posed together in what appears to be a military operations or command center. They are wearing Army Combat Uniforms (ACU) in the digital camouflage pattern, with one individual wearing a green fleece jacket. The group is standing in a row and appears to be posing for an official or informal group photograph.

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