![]() It must be mentioned that the grouping has been very vocal for a 'free, open, and rule-based Indo-Pacific'.Ĭommencing in 1992, the Malabar exercise saw participation from the naval forces of India and the United States. Last time, Japan had conducted this wargame, wherein about a dozen warships participated. The sources also said that the exercise was not directed against China and should not be seen as an exercise of Quad countries. ![]() The sources further added that the exercise is designed to have interoperability of platforms. "The exercise will involve very high-end complexity, which will focus towards interoperability," they said. Except for Japan, all three navies will be deploying Boeing P8I maritime surveillance aircraft.Īs per the sources, there will be no participation of submarines or aircraft carriers from any navies. While the US and Japan will be fielding one ship each. Australian Navy will be deploying its two warships - HMAS Choules and HMAS Brisbane. ![]() The exercise, which would last for 10 days will be conducted in two phases, including a harbour phase at Sydney followed by sea exercises.įrom the Indian Navy's side, destroyer INS Kolkata and multi-role stealth frigate INS Sahyadri will be participating in the exercise. ![]() As a first, Australia will host the four-nation naval exercise 'Malabar' involving Australia, India, Japan and the United States from August 11-21 off the eastern coast of Australia. The grouping of these four nations also called Quad will witness the capability and capacity of air defence systems, and sea operations and also detect under-sea threats with stress on interoperability. ![]()
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