180716-O-NO842-1003 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 16, 2018) Prime cuts with the crew of Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) preparing to fire a missile during a missile exercise as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 16. Also shown is the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) and U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS O'Kane (DDG 177). The prime cuts show Vancouver launching missile up close and O'Kane launching in the distance. 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 on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Royal Australian Armed Forces video by Lt(N) Tony Wright/Released)
| Date Taken: | 07.16.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 07.19.2018 23:49 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 614392 |
| VIRIN: | 180716-O-N0842-1003 |
| Filename: | DOD_105842908 |
| Length: | 00:03:38 |
| Location: | HAWAII, US |
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