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27 July 2010 A Photographic Exercise (PHOTEX) was undertaken during Exercise RIMPAC 2010 involving 28 ships and four submarines from the Navies of Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore and South Korea as well as the US Carrier Strike Group Seven. The Australian Defence Force’s largest international maritime exercise, Exercise Rim-of-the-Pacific (RIMPAC) is designed to test interoperability with 14 Pacific Rim nations. Approximately 1200 ADF personnel will be participating. This year marks the 22nd RIMPAC. It is being hosted by the US Third Fleet over a five week period, finishing on the 1st August 2010.
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| 20100724ran8440972_035_drn Left to right, USS Bonhomme Richard, USS Ronald Reagan and RSS Supreme in preparation to the PHOTEX during Exercise RIMPAC 2010. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_066_drn HMAS Kanimbla flies the ship's 'battle ensign' during the Exercise RIMPAC 2010 PHOTEX. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_150_drn2 Left to right, RSS Supreme, USS Bonhomme Richard and USS Ronald Reagan during the Exercise RIMPAC 2010 PHOTEX. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_163_drn HMAS Newcastle, FFG06, during the PHOTEX with one of the photographic helicopters flying past. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_187_drn Left to right, USS Ronald Reagan, USS Bonhomme Richard and RSS Supreme during the PHOTEX. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_217_drn Left to right, USS Ronald Reagan, USS Bonhomme Richard and RSS Supreme during the PHOTEX. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_257_drn Left to right; ROKS Lee Eokgi (submarine), USS Benfold, USS Sampson, USS Freedom (obscured) USNS Bridge, USS Ford and USCG Rush at the end of the PHOTEX. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_260_drn Left to right; USS Reuben James, USNS Guadalupe, USS Hopper, USS McClusky, HMCS Algonquin and USS Chancellorville during the Exercise RIMPAC 2010 PHOTEX. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_264_drn Left to right; USS Lake Erie, HMAS Newcastle, JDS Akebono, RSS Supreme, USS Bonhomme Richard, USS Ronald Reagan, ROKS Sejong the Great, HMCS Calgary and USS Chosin with the forecastle of HMAS Kanimbla in the foreground during the Exercise RIMPAC 2010 PHOTEX. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_273_drn Left to right; USNS Guadalupe, USS Hopper, USS McClusky, HMCS Algonquin and USS Chancellorville during the Exercise RIMPAC 2010 PHOTEX. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100724ran8440972_279_drn Left to right; HMAS Newcastle, JDS Akebono, RSS Supreme, USS Bonhomme Richard, USS Ronald Reagan, ROKS Sejong the Great and HMCS Calgary with the forecastle of HMAS Kanimbla in the foreground during the Exercise RIMPAC 2010 PHOTEX. (Date taken: 24 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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