PACIFIC OCEAN – Live fire from ships, submarines and aircraft participating in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2014 sank the decommissioned USS Ogden (LPD 5) at 7:28 p.m. Thursday, July 10, in waters 15,000 feet deep, 55 nautical miles northwest of Kauai.
Units from the Republic of Korea, Norway and the United States participated in the sinking exercise (SINKEX), which provided them the opportunity to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against a surface target at sea
RIMPAC 2014 Participants Conduct Sinking Exercise | Hawaii Reporter
Published on Jul 11, 2014
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2014)
Footage from the Sink Exercise (SINKEX) of ex-USS Ogden (LPD 5) during
Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than
40 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are
participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to August 1, in and around the
Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest
international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training
opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative
relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and
security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the
series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy video/Released 07.11.2014 6:26PM)
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I like this event of RIMPAC as its the world’s biggest multinational maritime exercise
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