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    USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) Completes an SM-2 Engagement In Support of Exercise Formidable Shield 2023 [Image 1 of 2]

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    USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) Completes an SM-2 Engagement In Support of Exercise Formidable Shield 2023

    U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

    05.20.2023

    Photo by Lt.j.g. Thomas McGowan 

    USS OSCAR AUSTIN (DDG 79)

    USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) completed a joint Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) engagement with the USS Porter (DDG-78), not pictured, while underway in the North Atlantic on 20 May 2023. The engagement demonstrated the joint capacity of naval forces to face multiple threats. The USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) is currently conducting exercise Formidable Shield 2023, a biennial, integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise involving a series of live-fire events against subsonic, supersonic, and ballistic targets, incorporating multiple Allied ships, aircraft, and ground forces working across battlespaces to deliver effects.

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    Date Taken: 05.20.2023
    Date Posted: 05.22.2023 07:29
    Photo ID: 7809171
    VIRIN: 230520-N-UD253-688
    Resolution: 3753x2111
    Size: 467.84 KB
    Location: U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

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