#RIMPAC WATCH: 🇺🇸. & 🌍 Partners conduct two SINKEX 👀 - Long-planned, live-fire sinking exercises - Sank decommissioned USS Dubuque (LPD 8) & Tarawa (LHA 1) - B-2 Spirit stealth bomber carried out a QUICKSINK demonstration - F/A-18 Super Hornets fired anti-ship missiles 🎥DVIDS | NextGen PHDefense

Sinking a Navy Frigate with Missiles and Torpedoes

It's a HIT! 🎯 Live fire from aircraft, a submarine, and land assets have sunk the decommissioned the Tank Landing Ship, ex-USS Racine, during the Sinking Exercise (SINKEX). #RIMPAC #RIMPAC2018 #CapableAdaptivePartners | RIMPAC

Target Acquired! ​🎯⚓ Not something you get to see everyday! Live fire from ships and aircraft during SINKEX - exercise that sank the ex-USS Durham (LKA 114). This opportunity helps to gain proficiency & confidence in weapons & systems through realistic training. #RIMPAC2020 #RIMPAC #SINKEX | Royal Canadian Navy

Photos - Ships Used As Targets (sinkex)

RIMPAC 2022; SINKEX

RIMPAC 2022 SINKEX #1

Sunk! #RIMPAC2022 military forces fired upon and sunk the decommissioned ex-USS Denver (LPD 9), during a sinking exercise (SINKEX) to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against a surface target at sea. SINKEX vessels are put through a certified cleaning process, including removing all environmentally harmful material including trash, floatable material, mercury, fluorocarbon and petroleum. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 perso