PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 20, 2012) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) fires a Standard Missile (SM) 2 missile at an airborne drone during a live fire weapons shoot. Cowpens is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, the Navy’s only forward deployed carrier strike group based in Yokosuka, Japan and is conducting a routine patrol in the western Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/Released) 120920-N-TX154-255 Join the conversation - Off

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 20, 2012) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) fires a Standard Missile (SM) 2 missile at an airborne drone during a live fire weapons shoot. Cowpens is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, the Navy’s only forward deployed carrier strike group based in Yokosuka, Japan and is conducting a routine patrol in the western Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/Released) 120920-N-TX154-255 Join the conversation - Official Navy Imagery - USS Cowpens fires a missile.

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