U.S., Partners Experiment with New Weapon Systems During RIMPAC 2024 SINKEX

Royal Netherlands Navy De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate HNLMS Tromp (F803) fires a Harpoon missile during a long-planned live fire sinking exercise as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Royal Netherlands Navy Photo

The U.S. military is experimenting with potential future weapon systems at the ongoing Rim of the Pacific 2024 exercise in Hawaii, using a weapon known as QUICKSINK during the biennial drill’s sinking exercise.

U.S. forces used QUICKSINK – born out of collaboration...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/23/u-s-partners-experiment-with-new-weapon-systems-during-rimpac-2024-sinkex

Royal Australian Navy Destroyer Sinks Former U.S. Amphib with Naval Strike Missile During RIMPAC 2024

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam residents watch as the decommissioned amphibious assault ship ex USS Tarawa (LHA 1), is escorted out of Pearl Harbor during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 16. U.S. Navy Photo

Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Sydney (DDG-42) successfully fired a Naval Strike Missile and sank former amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA-1) in the waters off Hawaii during the biennial Rim of the Pacific 2024 exercise.

The Australian Department of Defense...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/22/royal-australian-navy-destroyer-sinks-former-u-s-amphib-with-naval-strike-missile-during-rimpac-2024

US Navy’s fifth America-class amphibious ship to be named after Afghanistan’s Helmand Province

The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli

US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has confirmed that the US Navy’s fifth America-class amphibious assault ship (LHA) will be named USS Helmand Province. The LHA commemorates the multiple US Marine Corps operations that took place in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province as part of Operation...

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