All eyes are on China
Two years ago, the Rimpac manoeuvre was rather small due to the pandemic. The growing threat from China will bring the 27 participating nations closer together again in 2022. Rimpac (Rim of the Pacific), the world's largest large-scale multinational maritime manoeuvre, has been held every two years in the Western Pacific region around Hawaii since 1971. It is planned and organised by the Commander US Pacific Fleet. While 26 nations took part in 2018 with a large contingent of naval and naval air forces, aircraft and a total of around 25,000 soldiers, Rimpac 2020 only took place with ten nations on a very limited scale due to the coronavirus pandemic....
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