Sinking A Navy Frigate With Missiles And Torpedoes – SINKEX Sinking Exercise Aerial video of the sinking exercise (SINKEX) of the decommissioned USS Thach (FFG 43) during Rim of the Pacific 2016. The decommissioned ship is fired at with missiles and torpedoes until they sink. The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Thach was decommissioned after more than 29 years of naval service in the year 2013. | The British Falkland Islands & British Military

#RIMPAC WATCH: 🇺🇸. & 🌍 Partners conduct two SINKEX 👀 - Long-planned, live-fire sinking exercises - Sank decommissioned USS Dubuque (LPD 8) & Tarawa (LHA 1) - B-2 Spirit stealth bomber carried out a QUICKSINK demonstration - F/A-18 Super Hornets fired anti-ship missiles 🎥DVIDS | NextGen PHDefense

Anzac Class frigate HMAS Stuart successfully fired two harpoon missiles and coordinated the missile firings of three other ships during one of RIMPAC’s best-known serials called the SINKEX, where participants sink a decommissioned warship. Two of the Navy’s Fleet Air Arm MH-60R Romeo helicopters embarked in HMA Ships Hobart and Arunta also fired Hellfire missiles during the training serial on 29 August. HMA Ships Hobart, Stuart, Arunta and Sirius, which have been part of the Regional Presence De

Sunk! #RIMPAC2022 military forces fired upon and sunk the decommissioned ex-USS Denver (LPD 9), during a sinking exercise (SINKEX) to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against a surface target at sea. SINKEX vessels are put through a certified cleaning process, including removing all environmentally harmful material including trash, floatable material, mercury, fluorocarbon and petroleum. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 perso

USS Antietam Harpoon Missile SINKEX — How It Works Description - USS Antietam fired an RGM‑84 Harpoon missile during a controlled SINKEX (Sink Exercise) off the U.S. coast. The missile flies at sea-skimming altitude, carrying a 220‑kg warhead with a range of between 110 and 130 km. Its active seeker locks onto the target, and terminal guidance steers it to impact. The target vessel was safely cleared for the exercise and sank to form an artificial reef, demonstrating how naval crews train with r