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160718-N-CA112-002 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2016) A helicopter attached to Chinese Navy ship multirole frigate Hengshui (572) participates in a maritime interdiction event with the Chinese Navy guided-missile destroyer Xi’an (153) during Rim of the Pacific. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 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 that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Chinese navy photo by Sun Hongjie)
| Date Taken: | 07.19.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 07.19.2016 21:33 |
| Photo ID: | 2731247 |
| VIRIN: | 160718-N-CA112-002 |
| Resolution: | 3000x2000 |
| Size: | 2.95 MB |
| Location: | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Web Views: | 265 |
| Downloads: | 66 |
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