RIM-67_intercepts_Firebee_drone_at_White_Sands_1980.jpg


Summary

Description A U.S. Navy RIM-67 Standard SM-2ER surface-to-air missile (left), just launched from the Vertical Launching System (VLS), intercepts a Ryan BQM-34A Firebee target drone during VLS testing at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico (USA), in 1980.
Date
Source U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SC-82-00008 and DN-SC-82-00009
Author USN

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