File:BQM-74E launch.jpg

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Summary

At sea aboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O%27Brien_(DD-975)" class="extiw" title="w:USS O'Brien (DD-975)">w:USS O'Brien (DD-975)</a>, — A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BQM-74E_Chukar" class="extiw" title="w:BQM-74E Chukar">w:BQM-74E Chukar</a> target drone launches from the fantail of USS O'Brien (DD 975) and will act as a "hostile" anti-ship missile during a missile training exercise. The drones are painted orange so that they will be easier to see in the water and can be recovered. Nine <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> ships took part in this training, an anti-ship missile defense training exercise (MISSILEX 02-1) as part of a Commander Task Force Seven Five (CTF 75) Multi-Sail battle group interoperability exercise. All participating ships are forward deployed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka" class="extiw" title="w:Yokosuka">w:Yokosuka</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo,_Nagasaki" class="extiw" title="w:Sasebo, Nagasaki">Sasebo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" class="extiw" title="w:Japan">w:Japan</a>.

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current03:21, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 03:21, 4 January 20172,100 × 1,575 (685 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>At sea aboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O%27Brien_(DD-975)" class="extiw" title="w:USS O'Brien (DD-975)">w:USS O'Brien (DD-975)</a>, — A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BQM-74E_Chukar" class="extiw" title="w:BQM-74E Chukar">w:BQM-74E Chukar</a> target drone launches from the fantail of USS O'Brien (DD 975) and will act as a "hostile" anti-ship missile during a missile training exercise. The drones are painted orange so that they will be easier to see in the water and can be recovered. Nine <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> ships took part in this training, an anti-ship missile defense training exercise (MISSILEX 02-1) as part of a Commander Task Force Seven Five (CTF 75) Multi-Sail battle group interoperability exercise. All participating ships are forward deployed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka" class="extiw" title="w:Yokosuka">w:Yokosuka</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo,_Nagasaki" class="extiw" title="w:Sasebo, Nagasaki">Sasebo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" class="extiw" title="w:Japan">w:Japan</a>. </p>
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