A Chinese Navy Spy Ship was observed in the vicinity of the exercises in the framework of Operation RIMPAC – Ring of the Pacific. Developed in Hawaii According to USNI News, an officer of the US Navy. UU He said the vessel was a surveillance vessel type 815. We expect the vessel to remain outside the territorial seas of the United States. UU And do not interrupt the exercises that take place during Operation RIMPAC, the spokesperson said.
China, which has participated in past events, according to the Pentagon, the United States revoked China’s invitation to the exercises due to its “continued militarization in the South China Sea.” specifically by the militarization of its artificial islands in the Spratly chain. In recent years, both China and Russia sent surveillance vessels to monitor the exercise remotely.
The exercises continued as planned, and on July 12, the sinking of the ex-USS Racine vessel (LST 1191) was made 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii. Units from Australia, Japan and the United States participated in the sinking exercise (SINKEX). Regardless of the presence of the Chinese Navy Spy Ship in the theatre of naval operations.
25 nations, 46 ships, 5 submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 sailors from Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand , Peru, Republic of Korea, Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam
See also:
RIMPAC 2018 Begins, But Without China: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/rimpac-2018-begins-but-without-china#gs.Wezvjqc
