Posted: 09/01/2010
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2010) BQM-74E drones are set up for launch on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) during a Valiant Shield 2010 missile exercise. Lassen is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and is forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Fire Controlman 2nd Class Roberto Ruvalcaba/Released)