Malabar Exercise

Malabar planning and exercise lead rotates each year among participating nations, with exercise location to demonstrate the combined ability to exercise across entire West Pacific and Indian Ocean

The exercise was conducted in two phases - a harbour (or planning) phase from August 11-15, and a sea phase from August 16-21

The Malabar series of maritime exercises commenced in 1992 as a bilateral exercise between the Indian and the US navies

Exercise Malabar includes sophisticated naval drills, in which the navies of The US, India, Japan, and Australia, practice engaging a hostile power

The Indian Navy had been part of the last Sea Dragon in January 2021

The US has deployed its nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson for the four-day mega wargame.

Exercise Malabar will be held in the Bay of Bengal from Tuesday to Friday

The second phase of the high-voltage Malabar exercise featuring the navies of all four Quad countries is scheduled to take place in the Bay of Bengal from October 11 to 14

This is the 25th edition of Exercise Malabar, which began in 1992 as a bilateral exercise

India is all set to participate in Naval Exercise Malabar 21 with Quad countries starting today.

Need to ensure navy's plans and capabilities are harmonised

India on Friday kick started a two-day naval exercise with Russia in eastern Indian Ocean, two weeks after it conducted the Malabar wargames with the US, Australia and Japan.

There is concern in South Block at the poor state of readiness of the navy's 140-odd warships, which face severe shortages in sonar equipment, helicopters and torpedoes

The major highlight of the four-day second-phase exercise was the participation of the Indian Navy's Vikramaditya carrier battle group and the Nimitz strike group of the US Navy

The Malabar phase-2 exercise involves coordinated operations of increasing complexity among the navies of the four countries which are part of the Quad or Quadrilateral Coalition

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The mega exercise is taking place at a time India and China are locked in an over six-month-long bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh.

For the first time, the naval exercise is being held off both East and West coasts

The navies of India, US, Japan and Australia are back together for Exercise Malabar

The first phase of the Malabar exercise among the navies of India, the US, Japan and Australia will kick start off Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday