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The U.S. Navy has dispatched numerous ships to Hawaii as it prepares for Rim of the Pacific 2014, the world’s largest international maritime exercise. It will involve 49 surface ships and six submarines from 23 countries this year, but the inclusion of one — China — will get an inordinate amount of attention.
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Chinese’s inclusion in RIMPAC looks like an attempt to bring the Chinese to the table, but it also giving U.S. military officials a rare window into what weapons they are developing. Locklear has raised concerns about both China’s lack of transparency and attempts to stifle movement in international waterways, but said there is plenty on which the two nations can collaborate militarily.
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Chinese’s inclusion in RIMPAC looks like an attempt to bring the Chinese to the table, but it also giving U.S. military officials a rare window into what weapons they are developing. Locklear has raised concerns about both China’s lack of transparency and attempts to stifle movement in international waterways, but said there is plenty on which the two nations can collaborate militarily.
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