160715-N-KR702-301 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 15, 2016) A standard missile 2 is launched from the vertical launching system on board the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) as part of a live fire exercise. Shoup is underway participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Holly L. Herline)