By WILLIAM COLE
Pearl Harbor, and by extension Waikiki, are about to become very busy places.
Military ships, planes and personnel from 22 nations are converging on Hawaii for the largest-ever Rim of the Pacific naval exercises and war games in and around the islands.
This year's RIMPAC exercise, the 23rd in a series that began in 1971, is scheduled for Wednesday to Aug. 7.
The 22 participating nations number eight more than two years ago, when the last of the biennial exercises was held in Hawaii, a sign of the growing attention being paid to events in Asia and the Pacific.
The list of firepower and people is impressive: Some 42 surface ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are taking part in RIMPAC.
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