Exercise Pacific Reach 2007
Exercise Pacific Reach is a triennial Asia-Pacific submarine rescue exercise designed to promote regional cooperation on submarine rescue. The exercise this year is the fourth in the series and was hosted by Australia between 26 November and 07 December 2007. Pacific Reach 07 is a significant exercise involving six ships, three submarines, two submarine rescue systems, a multi-national dive team and the UK Royal Navy Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG ).
Pacific Reach involved 1000 personnel from eight nations including Canada, China, Republic of Korea, Japan, Malaysia Singapore, United States and the United Kingdom. In addition, military observers from Chile, India, Indonesia, NATO, Pakistan, Peru, Russia and South Africa attended.
It was previously hosted by Singapore in 2000, Japan in 2002 and South Korea in 2004.