RIM-PAC to showcase maritime might, China to launch third aircraft carrier

 

The multilateral exercise comes at a time when China is expected to launch its third aircraft carrier (Type 003) this month as the Ukraine war has cast a long war shadow over Beijing’s objective of incorporating Taiwan using force.

India is sending a stealth frigate and a P8I anti-submarine warfare reconnaissance aircraft for 26 nation biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise from June 29 to August 4 in the contested Indo-Pacific with exercises around Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.

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