RIMPAC

The Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) is the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise. RIMPAC is held biennially during June and July of even-numbered years from Honolulu, Hawaii, with the exception of 2020, when it was held in August. It is hosted and administered by the Indo-Pacific Command, headquartered at Pearl Harbor, in conjunction with the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and Hawaii National Guard forces under the control of the governor of Hawaii.

The Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) is the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise. RIMPAC is held biennially during June and July of even-numbered years from Honolulu, Hawaii, with the exception of 2020, when it was held in August. It is hosted and administered by the Indo-Pacific Command, headquartered at Pearl Harbor, in conjunction with the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and Hawaii National Guard forces under the control of the governor of Hawaii. ==Participants== carrier battle group along with ships from Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, and South Korea during RIMPAC 2000.]] The first RIMPAC, held in 1971, involved forces from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US). Australia, Canada, and the US have participated in every RIMPAC since then. Other regular participants are Chile, Colombia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand. The Royal New Zealand Navy was frequently involved until the 1985 ANZUS nuclear ships dispute and was subsequently absent, until returning to take part in more recent RIMPACs since 2012. While not contributing any ships, observer nations are involved in RIMPAC at the strategic level and use the opportunity to prepare for possible full participation in the future. The United States contingent has included an aircraft carrier strike group, submarines, up to a hundred aircraft, and 20,000 Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and their respective officers. The size of the exercises varies from year to year. In the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, both houses of the US Congress have called for a Taiwanese participation of RIMPAC 2022 in the face of "increasingly coercive and aggressive behavior" by China. ===RIMPAC 2014=== RIMPAC 2014 was the 24th exercise in the series and took place from 26 June to 1 August, with an opening reception on 26 June and a closing reception on 1 August. For the first time, the Royal Norwegian Navy actively participated in the exercise. Norway sent one and possibly Norwegian marine special forces. China was invited to send ships from its People's Liberation Army Navy, the first time China participated in a RIMPAC exercise, and the first time China participated in a large-scale United States-led naval drill. On 9 June 2014, China confirmed it would be sending four ships to the exercise: a destroyer, a frigate, a supply ship, and a hospital ship. The year's RIMPAC participants were Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Tonga, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Thailand was uninvited from the exercise following a 22 May military coup. Thailand's absence means that 22 nations participated in RIMPAC instead of the 23 that had been advertised. The exercise involved 55 vessels, more than 200 aircraft, and some 25,000 personnel. China's 2014 participation in RIMPAC was its first. ==Experiments== RIMPAC experiments have included a range of sectors important to international militaries. In RIMPAC 2000, for example, the first of the Strong Angel international humanitarian response demonstrations were held on the Big Island of Hawai'i near Pu'u Pa'a . That series continued with events in the summer of 2004 and again in 2006. Participants have also conducted exercises in ship sinking and torpedo usage. They have also tested new naval vessels and technology. For example, in 2004, the United States Navy tested the Australian-built , a experimental wave-piercing catamaran that draws only of water, has a top speed of almost , and can transport 605 tons of cargo. ==Gallery== File:3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines - RIMPAC 2004.jpg|Marines from Kaneohe Bay conducting an amphibious landing in RIMPAC 2004. File:Periscope Depth.jpg| at periscope depth, RIMPAC 2004 File:SECNAV_Mabus_RIMPAC_2012.jpg|SECNAV Mabus departs Hickam to review the RIMPAC 2012 fleet File:Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector lands on the shore.jpg|Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector lands on the shore after disembarking with heavy equipment during a Marine Corps Advanced Warfighting Experiment during RIMPAC 2014. The prototype is a ship-to-shore connector and is 50% scale. File:SECNAV_tours_RIMPAC_HADR_camp.jpg|SECNAV Richard Spencer meets with RIMPAC 2018 commanders File:Marines experiment with military robotics RIMPAC 2014.jpg|Legged Squad Support System (LS3) walks around the Kahuku Training Area during RIMPAC 2014. The LS3 is experimental technology being tested by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab. File:Marines follow Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS) RIMPAC 2014.jpg|Marines follow a Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS), experimental technology being tested by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab during RIMPAC 2014 at Kahuku Training Area. File:Chilean_Minister_of_Defense_visits_RIMPAC.jpg|Chilean defense minister Alberto Espina participates in RIMPAC 2018 File:SECDEF_Esper,_meets_with_Adm_Aquilino,_CINPACFLT_aboard_USS_Essex_during_RIMPAC_2020.jpg|SecDef Esper with CINCPACFLT Aquilino at RIMPAC 2020 ==In popular culture== RIMPAC 2012 was the main setting of the 2012 film Battleship. The IMAX documentary film Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Sea covers RIMPAC 2014. NCIS: Hawaiʻi S2 E1 "Prisoners Dilemma" story involves RIMPAC 2022. ==References== ==External links== United States Pacific Command Commander, U.S. Third Fleet RIMPAC site

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