MQM-8G_Vandal_missile_launch_1999.jpg
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Summary
| Description | A U.S. Navy MQM-8G Vandal missile firing from San Nicolas Island, California (USA), in 1999. The Vandal was a version of the RIM-8 Talos missile, which was retired in 1979. The remaining Talos missiles were converted to MQM-8G supersonic targets, simulating anti-ship missiles. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD) [1] photo [2] |
| Author | USN |
![[2]](http://www.navair.navy.mil/nawcwd/nawcwd/images/photo_gallery/weapons/oth/lg/vandshot.jpg){kind=link}
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