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Malabar Exercise 2018

June 6 , 2018 2368 days 926 0
  • Trilateral Naval Exercise Malabar 2018 between India, Japan and the United States was held off the coast of Guam in Philippine Sea.
  • It was the 22nd edition of the naval exercise.
  • Aim of the 22nd edition of annual exercise is increasing interoperability between naval forces and sharing their expertise in maritime security.
  • Malabar Exercise was started as Indo-US bilateral naval war drill in 1992. Since then it is held annually.
  • Japan had formally joined the exercise as a permanent participant in 2015, making it trilateral exercise.

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