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Military to send Cyclone helicopters, downsized force to world's largest maritime exercise amid COVID-19

from CTV News

Military to send Cyclone helicopters, downsized force to world's largest maritime exercise amid COVID-19 CTV News When the Canadian military departs for the world's largest international maritime war-gaming exercise next week, it will be with a dramatically smaller force than initially planned. Gone are the submarine, the coastal defence vessels and resupply ships that were slated to attend the U.S. Navy's biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in Hawaii. Gone too are the Aurora patrol planes, special operations forces and mission support personnel; all reassigned or held back from deploying due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE

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