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A Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701). Its final target destination is on the Tonapah Test Range in Nevada

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: Gerry Winey

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

14/04/1983

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Location

-8.78319, -124.50852

Google Map of -8.783195, -124.508523

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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