The Malabar Exercise

About The Malabar Exercise:

• Malabar is a multilateral naval exercise that began in 1992 as a bilateral exercise between the navy fleets of India and the United States.
• It includes simulated war games and combat manoeuvres.
• Since 2007, MALABAR has been held alternatively off Indian Coast and in the Western Pacific.
• The exercise has been held every year since 2002 (there was a gap after the 1992, 1995, and 1996 editions due to India’s nuclear testing).
• It was expanded into a trilateral format with the inclusion of Japan in 2015.
• Currently, the Malabar exercise is among the navies of India, Japan, the US and Australia.

Source : The Hindu

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