The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) fires a Standard Missile (SM) 2 missile at an airborne drone.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 20, 2012) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) fires a Standard Missile (SM) 2 missile at an airborne drone during a live fire weapons shoot. Cowpens is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, the U.S. Navy's only forward deployed carrier strike group based in Yokosuka, Japan and is conducting a routine patrol in the western Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly) File# 120920-N-TX154-255