In there own words it is he largest maritime warfare exercise in the world promoting stability in the pacific to the benefit of all participating nations.Tempest414 wrote: ↑23 Jul 2022, 11:29What the UK has at RIMPAC 22 is not the point. The UK's day to day work in the Indo-Pacific would be done by the 2 x B2's and the LRG(S) with the above CANZUK battle group coming together every 4 years around RIMPAC or not
As said from the UK point of view we would already have the LRG and a Bay class EoS so this would be joined by a CSG plus an extra tanker every 4 years and then this core group would be joined by
Australia = 1 x LHD ,2 x Destroyers , 3 x Frigates , 2 x SSK , 1 x Bay , 1 x Tanker
Canada = 3 x Frigates , 2 x SSK , 1 x Tanker
New Zealand = 1 x Frigate , 1 x Tanker & HMNZS Canterbury
For me this is all very doable in 4 years and then every 4 year after that
I would even say this group should be under RAN command
The claim is the region is so critical we must send the entire deployable RN (roughly the size of the force quoted above) to exercise there repeatedly. Yet even building up to such a deployment in the preceding exercises we have sent noting at all and considering it’s a once every two year event that would to me tell you everything you need to know about the reality behind the PR fluff.