Malabar Exercise

Malabar exercise: US Navy's Nimitz strike group to participate in second phase beginning today

The first phase of the Malabar exercise took place in the Bay of Bengal from 3 to 6 November and featured a number of complex drills including anti-submarine and anti-air warfare operations

By welcoming Australia into Malabar exercise, India has shed inhibitions about Quad, going all out against China

Just like then Australian prime minister Kein Rudd didn't want to antagonise China, and hence pulled out of the quad in 2008, India too had been treading carefully in matters involving the Chinese

Australia to join India, US, Japan in MALABAR naval exercise in attempt to bolster peace in the Indo-Pacific

This is the first military-level engagement between the four-nation grouping, the Quad, and it comes amid the India-China border row

India-China maritime talks signify improved ties, but quad remains key to effective Indo-Pacific strategy

The maritime dialogue with China assumes particular significance given Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent articulation of India’s strategic vision of the Indo-Pacific region at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore

Malabar naval exercise 2018: Maritime forces of India, US and Japan conclude drill off Guam coast

The maritime forces of India, the US and Japan participated in the trilateral maritime exercise Malabar 2018 which were conducted off the coast of Guam from 7 to 16 June.

Admiral Sunil Lanba meets US Chief of Naval Operations, discusses shared interest in ensuring peaceful Indo-Pacific

India and the US have a shared interest that their navies provide security which guarantees a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region, the US Navy chief has said.

Russian MiG eyes deal from navy to supply, jointly develop fighter jets with Indian companies

Russian military aviation firm MiG Sunday said it was not averse to the transfer of technology and joint development of MiG-29 K jets with Indian companies

Shinzo Abe's visit to India: Hostile China pulls New Delhi-Tokyo together as the two step up strategic cooperation

head of Shinzo Abe's visit, Union minister Arun Jaitley visited Japan in September this year and met his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera in Tokyo.

USA ready to work with India to modernise its military capabilities, says top American commander

The US is ready to help India modernise its military and jointly they can improve India's military capabilities in "significant and meaningful" ways, a top American commander has said

India-US-Japan Malabar exercise is an assertion of New Delhi's independence, foreign policy and self-confidence

The United States and India have, therefore, a shared objective to contain China. The Malabar exercise is meant to precisely do that, though the diplomatic sophistry describes it as a routine maritime drill.