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EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA – MARCH 23: A Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is launched on Iraq from the guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George March 23, 2003 in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Cape St. George is operating in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of the U.S. and British coalition forces’ attack on Iraq. (Photo by Kenneth Moll/U.S. Navy/Getty Images)