Rimpac war games

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Navy, Keith DeVinney. We'll send you a confirmation e-mail shortly. Government agencies, the territory of the United States, its people, and its interests. With allies and partners, PACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingincies, deterring aggression, and when necessary, fighting to win.

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In another example, when the U. Skip to content. Search for:. The Rim of the Pacific Rimpac war games, which run through the end of August, come as Hawaii struggles to contain community spread of the coronavirus amid what has become the highest reproduction rate in the country. After Ige, a consistent Rimpac supporter, requested a delay in April, Rimpac was postponed until August. Those fears have spread to Thailand, a Rimpac partner, after nine Thai soldiers tested positive for coronavirus upon returning from a three-week joint army training on Oahu in July.

The outbreak has prompted Thailand to suspend further joint military training. Rimpac was established in as a joint exercise between Australia, Canada and the US.

In recent years, the biennial exercise has grown to include countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region and far beyond. Unlike past Rimpac exercises, this year there will be no amphibious assaults , no urban combat or sniper training , and no land-launched artillery, missiles or rockets.

Instead, the exercise will focus on multination anti-submarine warfare, maritime intercept operations and at-sea live-fire training events that include a sinking exercise in which a decommissioned ship is fired upon and sunk in deep water.