PACIFIC OCEAN (July 23, 2022) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Takanami (DD-110) fires an Evovled Sea Sparrow missile as part of the Surface to Air Missile Exercise (SAMEX) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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 particip


PACIFIC OCEAN (July 23, 2022) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Takanami (DD-110) fires an Evovled Sea Sparrow missile as part of the Surface to Air Missile Exercise (SAMEX) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)


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