This painting depicts a JASSM entering a cave both in a test scenario and a possible future tactical employment. One of the features of Thompsons painting is that he mixes actual material shown in the painting with the paint when creating the piece. In this painting he mixed sand from White Sands Missile Range. The paintings background shows JASSM in a familiar test scene while the foreground illustrates JASSM entering a cave in a possible future employment.