Photo: San Diego-Based USS Spruance Launches Missile In Live-Fire Exercise

San Diego CA

31 July, 2021

9:50 AM

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By Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego July 30, 2021 The Navy released a dramatic photo this week of a San Diego-based destroyer launching a Standard Missle 2 during a life-fire exercise in the Pacific Ocean. A Standard Missile 2 launches from the USS Spruance. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Sky Avants.The photo by Lt. j.g. Sky Avants shows shows the solid-fuel missile just moments into flight after launching from one of the aft vertical launch tubes on the USS Spruance. The 15-foot-long missile has a range of 90 miles and can be used against enemy aircraft, cruise missiles and ships. The Navy said the Spruance is currently underway conducting routine operations in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Times of San Diego is an independent online news site covering the San Diego metropolitan area. Our journalists report on politics, crime, business, sports, education, arts, the military and everyday life in San Diego. No subscription is required, and you can sign up for a free daily newsletter with a summary of the latest news.