330-CFD-DN-SD-01-09942:  A Tomahawk Cruise Missile launches from the bow of the US Navy's Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) in the Persian Gulf, during the initial hours of Operation Desert Strike. The operation called for the tactical bombing of military targets in response to Iraqi aggression in Kurdish controlled Northern Iraq. Russell is part of the battle group assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) (not shown) Task Group, September 4, 1996.  (OPA-NARA II-8/8/2015).
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