Photo Gallery - Weapons

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AIM-9
F-22 fires an AIM-9 Sidewinder. 10 June 1999 Larger image: 655 KB, 4188 x 3000 pixels
AIM-9X Sidewinder Firing Sequence. 15 April 1999 Larger image 1: 76 KB, 930 x 799 pixels Larger image 2: 52 KB, 859 x 548 pixels
JDAM
Laser JDAM destroys a target during testing at the China Lake Naval Weapons Station, Calif. in August. 2008 Larger image: 200 KB, 1200 x 2100 pixels
B-52H releases a JDAM over one of the NAWCWD land ranges. 3 September 1993 Larger image: 200 KB, 1190 x 1146 pixels
A cluster of JDAMs loaded on a B-52. 3 September 1993 Larger image: 194 KB, 863 x 961 pixels
JDAM detonates above a stacked sea van target on Airport Lake at the NAWCWD. 3 September 1993 Larger image: 133 KB, 737 x 737 pixels

JSOW
Beefeater 307. VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks F/A-18 prepares for a JSOW mission into the Iraqi Southern No-Fly Zone. 22 February 1999 Larger image: 114 KB, 1280 x 960 pixels
Bomb farm. First production JSOWs aboard Carl Vinson (CVN-70) wait to be loaded on Navy F/A-18 fighters. 22 February 1999 Larger image: 116 KB, 1280 x 960 pixels
Hobo 404. VFA-94 Mighty Shrikes F/A-18 carrying JSOW on routine training flight in the Persian Gulf. 22 February 1999 Larger image: 70 KB, 1280 x 960 pixels
Hobo JSOW. A first production JSOW on an F/A-18 recovering aboard USS Carl Vinson. 22 February 1999 Larger image: 24 KB, 360 x 270 pixels
VFA-22 JSOW. F/A-18 recovering after training mission. 22 February 1999 Larger image: 26 KB, 576 x 432 pixels
A view of the JSOW from the cockpit. 22 February 1999 Larger image: 182 KB, 1280 x 1024 pixels
NAWCWD JSOW Logistics Manager discusses the production JSOW missiles aboard the USS Carl Vinson with her weapons officer (gun boss). 22 February 1999 Larger image: 48 KB, 576 x 384 pixels

Preparing to launch. F/A-18 with JSOW prepares to launch from USS Carl Vinson during Operation Southern Watch over Iraq. 22 February 1999 Larger image: 131 KB, 1280 x 960 pixels
Visor down. A JSOW-equipped section of F/A-18 Hornets from VFA-94 patrols the skies south of Iraq. 22 February 1999 Larger image: 117 KB, 1280 x 960 pixels
Weapons check. F/A-18 pilot from VFA-22 aboard USS Carl Vinson completes post-start checks of his weapon prior to launch. 22 February 1999 Larger image: 172 KB, 1637 x 1227 pixels

Tomahawk
British Tomahawk flight tests. British Tomahawk flies over desert and mountains on its way to China Lake during an unarmed test. 25 November 1998 Larger image: 118 KB, 850 x 1320 pixels

A Tomahawk punches a hole in the "roof" of the target during a live test. 25 November 1998 Larger image: 96 KB, 1800 x 825 pixels
Detonation of the Tomahawk completely destroys a simulated communications facility during a live test. 25 November 1998 Larger image: 215 KB, 1500 x 1883 pixels

Other
Exocet. Early test launch of an Exocet against a target barge in July led to additional successful tests in December 1998. 21 January 1999 Larger image: 49 KB, 400 x 320 pixels

HARM prior to live fire test. 21 January 1999 Larger image: 30 KB, 525 x 260 pixels
HARPOON submarine launch. Larger image: 339 KB, 750 x 600 pixels
HARPOON ship launch. Larger image: 299 KB, 600 x 750 pixels
M1 Gun. M1 gun and carriage, a total of 60,000 pounds, unearthed and loaded on a flatbed trailer for the move from the G-2 Range at NAWCWD, China Lake. 23 July 1998 Larger image: 101 KB, 300 x 497 pixels

RAM shot. A preliminary test of the launching capability from the Self-Defense Test Ship. 21 January 1999 Larger image: 27 KB, 400 x 258 pixels
Standard ARM ship launch. Larger image: 351 KB, 600 x 750 pixels
Vandal firing from San Nicolas Island. 1999 Larger image: 1.69 MB, 3000 x 2400 pixels

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