Rim of the Pacific 2022

Twenty-six nations,3 thirty-eight surface ships, three submarines, nine national land forces, more than thirty unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel (with approximately thirty U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps judge advocates and approximately 10 multinational leg...

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Published in:The Army Lawyer 2022-01 (3), p.9-11
Main Author: Ganschow, Jan P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air defense
Armed forces
International law
Interoperability
Legislation
Military exercises
National security
Ordnance
Peacetime
Submarines
Unmanned aircraft
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Summary:Twenty-six nations,3 thirty-eight surface ships, three submarines, nine national land forces, more than thirty unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel (with approximately thirty U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps judge advocates and approximately 10 multinational legal advisors) participated in the twenty-eighth edition of the biennial RIMPAC.4 In line with RIMPAC22's theme of "Capable Adaptive Partners," the forces exercised a wide range of capabilities to display the inherent flexibility of maritime forces and to help promote a free and open Indo-Pacific.5 RIMPAC22 included "gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance, explosive ordnance disposal, diving and salvage operations ... [and] space and cyber operations,"6 all of which provided a plethora of operational law challenges at the tactical and operational levels. [...]of the varied operations at RIMPAC22, the multinational legal community synchronized daily throughout the exercise to interpret and apply relevant legal regimes (peacetime domestic and international law, and domestic and international laws of armed conflict). A detailed discussion of the topics covered is provided in the National Security Law Quarterly article on RIMPAC22.
ISSN:0364-1287
1554-9011