USS Tarawa sent to ocean floor in Rim of the Pacific exercise
Jul 25, 2024 · Two decommissioned U.S. Navy vessels sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of Kauai, a Hawaiian island, during live-fire sinking exercises, according to a U.S. 3rd Fleet...
US and Partner Nations Conduct Multiple SINKEXs as Part of …
Jul 23, 2024 · During the SINKEXs, participating units from Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, and the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy gained proficiency in tactics, targeting and live...
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The SINKEX program, which stands for Sink Exercise, provides numerous benefits to the Navy. The purpose of SINKEX is to satisfy requirements for ship survivability or weapons lethality...
U.S. Army Conducts First Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile SINKEX using …
Jun 23, 2024 · The U.S. Army successfully used two Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) against a moving target at sea. The event, which marked a first, took place during the Valiant Shield 24 SINKEX.
Watch the U.S Air Force sink an old Navy ship as part of RIMPAC
Aug 4, 2024 · The military released new footage of one such sinking exercise (or SINKEX as it’s called), where the Air Force used an AC-130J gunship to shred the Austin-class amphibious transport dock the USS...
US Navy Ship Sinking Exercises (SINKEX) - Unofficial US Navy Site
One way of disposing of decommissioned and stricken warships is to use them as targets during sinking exercises (SINKEX). The Navy conducts most of these exerices at four major locations: north of Kauai, HI; off California; off the US east coast and off Puerto Rico.
RIMPAC 2024: Decommissioned Navy Ships Sunk in SINKEX Drills - gCaptain
Jul 23, 2024 · Ships and aircraft successfully sank the decommissioned USS Dubuque (LPD 8) and USS Tarawa (LHA 1) this month during a SINKEX exercise at RIMPAC 2024. The exercises took place on July 11 and July...
US and Partner Nations Conduct Multiple SINKEXs as Part of …
Jul 22, 2024 · Ships and aircraft participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 conducted long-planned, live-fire sinking exercises (SINKEXs) and sank the decommissioned USS Dubuque (LPD 8), July 11, 2024, and the decommissioned USS …
SINKEX | MARAD - Transportation
Feb 17, 2021 · What is the SINKEX Program? SINKEX, short for "sink at-sea live-fire training exercises", is program run by the United States Navy that arranges for decomissioned Naval warships to be used in live-fire training.
U.S. and Partner Nations Conduct SINKEX as Part of RIMPAC 2022
Jul 16, 2022 · PACIFIC OCEAN –Live fire from Rim of the Pacific 2022 partner nation ships and aircraft sank the decommissioned ex-USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) July 12, in waters 15,000 feet deep, 50 nautical...
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