The US announced last Tuesday its 28th RIMPAC Pacific Rim exercises, held every two years, the exercises represent the largest war exercises in the world.

They are scheduled to start at the end of June and last until the beginning of August. This year's version will include the four nations USA, Australia, India and Japan and five countries from the South China Sea, in total the exercises based in Honolulu and San Diego will have militaries from 26 countries.

The US military said in a statement Tuesday that the countries will employ a total of nearly 40 surface ships, four submarines and 170 aircraft, involving some 25,000 troops.

The United States and other nations are insisting on these exercises as China is expanding its reach in the region including the militarization of islands in the disputed South China Sea, three nations with opposing maritime territorial claims to China, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei and are among those participating in RIMPAC 2022.

According to the US Navy, the maneuvers will include various exercises as well as anti-piracy operations, mine clearance operations, explosives disposal, and diving and salvage operations. But in truth, these exercises are to deter aggression from China and North Korea, among others.

SAN DIEGO – Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 170 aircraft and approximately 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.

RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

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