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HNLMS Tromp firing Harpoon missle during SINKEX at RIMPAC 2024. PACIFIC OCEAN. . (Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet). The Royal Netherlands Navy De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate, HNLMS Tromp (F803), fires a Harpoon missile as part of a long-planned, live-fire sinking exercise during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 18. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s ocean. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Royal Netherlands Navy photo by Sergeant Major Robert Harteveld).
