The US is sending a guided-missile destroyer to the Korea Peninsula - here's the weaponry it's carrying
The Monterey will be deployed in East Asia for about six months.
And two .30-caliber M240B machine guns, which fire 600 to 650 7.62 mm rounds a minute.
Source: US Navy, Globalsecurity.org
Its MK 38 MOD II 25 mm machine gun can fire 180 rounds a minute with an effective range of 2,500 yards.
It also has the MK-45 5-inch/.54-caliber lightweight gun, which is designed to hit surface and air targets and provide naval surface-fire support for expeditionary operations.
The Monterey is equipped with a number of other weapons systems too, including the Phalanx Close-In Weapons System seen below.
The CIWS is the Monterey's last line of defense against a missile attack.
See it in action below:
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It's outfitted with MK36 MOD2 Super-Rapid-Blooming Chaff decoy systems to thwart incoming missiles, which can seen below aboard the Japanese JS Fuyuzuki destroyer.
It also has six MK32 MOD14 torpedo tubes, seen in action below aboard the USS Mustin.
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It's also armed with a Harpoon Quad-Canister Launcher, seen below, behind the sailors folding the American flag. It can fire Harpoon missiles as far as 67 miles away.
The different missiles and rockets are all fired from the hatches seen on the deck below.
It's also armed with Vertically Launched Anti-Submarine Rockets, seen below aboard the USS Mustin.
The Vertically Launched Anti-Submarine Rocket is a surface-launched missile designed to put MK 46 Mod 5A or MK 54 Mod Lightweight Torpedos into the water near their target.
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Its primary defense against airborne threats is the Standard Missile 2, the world's most advanced supersonic homing missile.
The Standard Missile 2, seen in action above aboard the USS The Sullivans, is launched using the AEGIS Weapon System and the Vertical Launching System.
See it in action below:
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The USS Monterey, which measures about 567 feet long and 55 feet wide, was christened in October 1988 and commissioned in June 1990.
Source: US Navy
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