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AFRL technology makes new weapon for sinking ships a reality

An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., supported the second test in the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration. Eglin’s Integrated Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats April 28, 2022, successfully destroying a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. With technology developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, QUICKSINK enables air-delivered weapons to sink capital ships. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin)

PHOTO BY: 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin
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NIKON D810

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18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6

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8

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1/320

ISO

320

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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