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This Nighttime Shooting Drill Looks Like a Plasma Gun

By Attila Nagy Published May 11, 2016, 7:51 am ET

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Long exposure shots always make nighttime scenes look futuristic. This isn’t a frame from a science fiction movie, then, but rather U.S. Coast Guard members shooting a 50 caliber machine gun at night aboard Coast Guard Cutter Stratton.

[Petty Officer Bryan Goff/U.S. Coast Guard]

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This Nighttime Shooting Drill Looks Like a Plasma Gun

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