330-PSA-90-60 (USN 710732)  ASROC missile, the Navy’s newest and most potent answer to the submarine threat, starts poised and ready for loading into a launcher onboard USS Norfolk (DL 1) during evaluation tests at Key West, Florida.  The front half of the missile is deadly homing torpedo that is boosted by solid propellant rocket to the target area.  The rocket booster separates in flight and a parachute lowers the torpedo into the water where it seeks out its submerged target.  Photograph released June 24, 1960.  (8/25/2015).
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