PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY BARKING SANDS, Hawaii (July 24, 2018) An unmanned aerial vehicle is place onto a launcher before an engagement. The UAV will be used as an aerial target and engaged by a Stinger missile using Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADs), during RIMPAC 2018 at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands Hawaii, July 24. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exe
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY BARKING SANDS, Hawaii (July 24, 2018) An unmanned aerial vehicle is place onto a launcher before an engagement. The UAV will be used as an aerial target and engaged by a Stinger missile using Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADs), during RIMPAC 2018 at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands Hawaii, July 24. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 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 of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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