The 30th iteration of Exercise Rim of the Pacific brought together 30 nations, and demonstrated that maritime security is strengthened through trust, cooperation and shared values.
North Korea denounced the Rim of the Pacific exercise, warning the drills will prompt “proportional countermeasures,” according to state-run media.
The Joint Sea exercise represents a challenge this year to the international order upheld by the U.S., according to defense analysts.
USS Nimitz arrived at what may be the last foreign port of call for the Navy’s longest-serving aircraft carrier.
Two Chinese naval vessels sailed between Japan’s southwestern islands in a passage that follows training in the Western Pacific and comes amid heightened tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.