A BQM-74E aerial drone launches from the guided-missile frigate USS Thach.

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Pacific Ocean, July 1, 2011 - A BQM-74E aerial drone launches from the guided-missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) to simulate an incoming missile during a live-fire exercise for the Pacific phase of UNITAS 52. Ships from Chile, Colombia, Peru and the participated in the exercise. UNITAS is a multinational exercise as part of Southern Seas 2011.

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