The United States, Japan, India and Australia will hold a joint maritime military exercise on the 12th, the United States will send a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
Overseas Network, October 11th. According to a report from “India Today” on the 10th, the navies of the United States, India, Japan, and Australia will hold the second phase of the “Malabar 2021” maritime joint exercise in the Bay of Bengal from the 12th to the 15th.
According to reports, the US Navy will dispatch the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and the cruiser USS Lake Champlain and the destroyer USS Stockdale this time. The Indian Navy will dispatch the “Rajput” class destroyer Lanvijay, the stealth frigate Satpra, the P8I maritime anti-submarine patrol aircraft and a submarine. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will deploy the Kaga helicopter carrier and the Murasame destroyer. Australia only sent two frigates.
A spokesman for the Indian Navy said that the second phase of the exercise will focus on advanced waterborne anti-submarine warfare, navigational technology improvement, and weapon shooting exercises based on the coordination and interoperability of the first phase. The first phase of the “Malabar 2021” joint exercise was held on August 26 in the Philippine waters near Guam.