Malabar exercise

The first phase of Malabar Exercise to be held in Bay of Bengal between November 3, 2020 and November 6, 2020.

• The first phase of Malabar Exercise to be held in Bay of Bengal between November 3, 2020 and November 6, 2020.
• The navies of India, Japan, US and Australia will participate in the exercise.
• The second phase of the exercise to be held between November 17, 2020 and November 20, 2020.
• During the exercise, the countries will conduct anti-warfare and anti-submarine operations, seamanship evolution, cross-deck flying and weapon firing exercise.
• The Indian Navy will deploy a number of key platforms like off-shore patrol vessel Sukanya, frigate Shivalik, fleet support ship Shakti and submarine Sindhuraj.
• Also, the Dornier maritime patrol aircraft, long range maritime patrol aircraft P-81 and the advance jet trainer Hawk are to be deployed.
• The exercise began in 1992 between India and US in the Indian Ocean. Later in 2015, Japan became the permanent member of the exercise.
• In 2019, the exercise was held in Japan and in Philippine sea in 2018.