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A sailor in camouflage uniform fires a machine gun off the deck of a ship at a floating orange target while another sailor, also in camouflage uniform, observes.

Tomato Killers

Sailors shoot an M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun at an inflatable surface target, known as a killer tomato, during a live-fire exercise on the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin in the Indian Ocean, July 4, 2026. The Mustin is deployed to the Indo-Pacific region as part of the Navy's largest destroyer squadron.

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