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The tri-lateral navel exercise started on Monday in the Bay of bangal between India,Japan & U.S. the dozons of ship's participating from each of the countries. the malabar exercise started in 1992 between india & United States navies. japan become a permanent partner in 2007. It has participeted in servel drills since 2007.
The big guns are out India's 44,570 tonne aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, Japan's largest 27,000-tonne helicopter carrier Izmuo and the US's 100,000 tonne, nuclear powered super-carrier USS Nimitz will be a part of the exercise. one of the main focous on this exercise is anti-submarine warfare. Tis pronounced thrust on anti sub-marine warfare comes at that time when, Indian nevy & ISRO recorded a chinese ship and sub-marine in the Indian Ocean Region over the last 2 month's.
☆Beijing has been suspicious about the purpose of the Malabar exercises as it feels that the annual war game is an effort to contain its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Some reports said Beijing has sent a surveillance ship, the Haiwang Xiang, to monitor the Malabar Exercise. A Yuan-class diesel-electric submarine, the seventh underwater boat to be deployed by China in the Indian Ocean region since December 2013, is also currently in the region after an operational turnaround at Karachi.
☆The exercise will feature both ashore and at-sea training. While ashore in Chennai, training will include subject matter expert and professional exchanges on carrier strike group operations, maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare, medical operations, damage control, explosive ordnance disposal, helicopter operations, and visit, board, search and seizure operations, said a press release from Commander, Task Force 70 Public Affairs.
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