220706-N-UM706-1240 SAN DIEGO (July 6, 2022) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sailors, Petty Officer 3rd Class Ikumi Chijiwa, from Tokyo, Japan and Petty Officer 2nd Class Hiroyasu Matsumoto from Hiroshima, Japan, assigned to Mine Warfare Force EODT (MF-EODT), prepare a Hydroid REMUS 100 autonomous underwater vehicle for a search and calibration exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 Southern California. Unmanned and remotely operated vessels extend the capability of interconnected manned platform sensors to enhance the warfighting capacity of multinational joint task forces. Twenty
220706-N-UM706-1240 SAN DIEGO (July 6, 2022) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sailors, Petty Officer 3rd Class Ikumi Chijiwa, from Tokyo, Japan and Petty Officer 2nd Class Hiroyasu Matsumoto from Hiroshima, Japan, assigned to Mine Warfare Force EODT (MF-EODT), prepare a Hydroid REMUS 100 autonomous underwater vehicle for a search and calibration exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 Southern California. Unmanned and remotely operated vessels extend the capability of interconnected manned platform sensors to enhance the warfighting capacity of multinational joint task forces. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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