The voyage is crucial amid the fact the giant vessel will participate in various exercises with Royal Australian Navy (RAN) units on the West Coast of Australia.
The second phase of the high-voltage Malabar exercise featuring the navies of all four Quad countries -- India, the US, Australia and Japan -- began in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday.
The Malabar exercise started in 1992 as a bilateral drill between the Indian Navy and the US Navy in the Indian Ocean. Japan became a permanent member of the exercise in 2015.
The Malabar exercise involving warships, submarines, aircraft personnel from India, Japan and the US is all set to kick off in the Bay of Bengal from today
The exercise is aimed at tackling a range of common threats to maritime security in the Indian Ocean.
The exercise, scheduled between July 7 to 17, is taking place amid reports of the presence of Chinese warships in the Indian ocean.
The navies of India, the US and Japan are all set to undertake war games in the Bay of Bengal from July 10 by deploying their largest warships for the top-notch Malabar exercise
The exercise involving naval ships, aircraft and personnel from the three countries will feature in both ashore and at-sea training off India's eastern coast in the Bay of Bengal.
New Delhi: Defence ties between India and Japan are set to grow stronger with both coming together for Malabar naval exercises in October and exploring possibility of having joint air exercises.Japanese defence sources expressed satisfaction at the growth trajectory in
Washington: In an effort to strengthen the tri-lateral cooperation, Japan will participate in this year's Malabar naval exercise to be held at the end of this month, with India and the US. "Japan will participate
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