180626-O-N0842-1511 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2018) A combination of infra-red and chaff material, designed to act as a decoy for incoming missiles, falls from the sky after being launched from Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Vancouver using the Multi Ammo Soft-kill System (MASS) launcher during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2018. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, 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, RIM
180626-O-N0842-1511 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2018) A combination of infra-red and chaff material, designed to act as a decoy for incoming missiles, falls from the sky after being launched from Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Vancouver using the Multi Ammo Soft-kill System (MASS) launcher during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2018. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, 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. (Canadian Armed Forces photo by Public Affairs Officer Lt(N) Tony Wright/Released)
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