Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Algonquin and Vancouver are engaged in a series of live missile firings today, and tomorrow, Thursday, July 13, 2006 as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. These firings are being conducted on a military range just off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Today HMCS Algonquin and Vancouver exercised anti-ship warfare engagements by firing against a surface target. Algonquin fired one long-range SM-2 anti-air missile in an anti-surface mode, while Vancouver fired two long-range Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Tomorrow the training will continue with an anti-air defence exercise against remote controlled target drones. HMCS Algonquin will fire two long-range SM-2 anti-air missiles and HMCS Vancouver will fire three medium range Sea Sparrows anti-air missiles. HMCS Regina, the third Canadian ship participating in the exercise, will also join Algonquin and Vancouver in a torpedo exercise later this week. On Saturday, July 15, six CF-18 fighter aircraft will exercise air-to-air and air-to-ground warfare by dropping 40 MK-82 inert bombs on a surface target, and on July 16, they will shoot eight air-to-air missiles against airborne target drones.
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