NEW YORK -- The U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific international maritime exercise, or RIMPAC 2020, kicked off Monday in a scaled-back form with China conspicuously absent from the guest list.
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The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier participates in a group sail during the RIMPAC exercise off the coast of Hawaii in July 2018. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy)
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