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PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Mai Tai time again for many of the world\u2019s navies and some air forces. The month-long,\u00a0biennial Rim of the Pacific<\/a>\u00a0(RIMPAC) exercise is underway off the Hawaiian Islands once more. RIMPAC has been a constant since 1971, but the exercise has evolved, reflecting changing times and tensions, and for that reason RIMPAC 2018 is worth taking notice of.<\/p>\n

RIMPAC began in the second half of the Cold War. Then, the exercise was very much threat-based. \u201cOrange\u201d forces would usually simulate\u00a0large-scale Soviet-style air attacks<\/a>\u00a0on a \u201cBlue\u201d carrier battle group, and there would\u00a0be significant anti-submarine warfare practice. It would conclude with a US Marine Corps amphibious landing tacked on at the end, to give them some reason to be involved.<\/p>\n

It was all high-end stuff that in the main mostly met US Navy Cold War, big-end-of-town warfare purposes. There were the usual complaints associated with large exercises: too highly scripted, not enough free play, and communications dysfunctions. In general, the allies \u2013 Australia, Canada, and Japan mostly \u2013 were walk-on extras delighted to exercise and learn in a large-scale high-tech arena.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to now, and the exercise is more at the low\u2013medium warfare end, concentrating on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and reaching up into limited anti-surface warfare, albeit still with the obligatory amphibious landing added on at the end.<\/p>\n

RIMPAC is now considerably more focused on providing training opportunities for the non\u2013US navies. It will help improve interoperability not only between the foreign forces and the US Navy but also between the foreign forces themselves. And this teamwork between unlike navies encompasses more than just the exercise itself. An Indian Shivalik-class frigate, a Singaporean Formidable-class frigate, a Japanese Hyuga-class helicopter carrier, a Philippine strategic sealift vessel, and a Phillipine Navy Gregorio del Pilar\u2013class frigate all\u00a0trained together en route<\/a>\u00a0to Hawaii.<\/p>\n

Please click here to read the full “Mai Tai diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific<\/a>” article at the Lowy Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute Visiting Fellow, Dr Peter Layton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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