The first biggest US, Japan & Indian joint Malabar drills are a warning sign to its neighbors?

The India, Japan & United States will start the annual Malabar series of naval drills in the north Indian Ocean on July 10 when the Dragons navy planning for expansion in that area.

This ten day drill will be much bigger and more sophisticated compare to previous drills ever since last 23 years.
Here’s all you need to know about the exercise:

Which portfolio taking part?

The United States fielding USS Nimitz, largest aircraft carrier in the world. The Indian Navy’s solitary aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, and Japan’s Izumo-class helicopter carrier will also be among the 20-odd warships taking part in the exercise.
It will see the participation of guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton, guided-missile destroyers USS Howard, USS Shoup, and USS Kidd, a P-8A Poseidon submarine hunter plane, a Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine and Japanese destroyer JS Sazanami.

What are the areas will be covered?

It will involve both ashore and at-sea training. Ashore training will include exchanges on carrier strike group operations, maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operations.

What is the purpose of the exercise now?

Beijing’s presence in the region has gone up significantly ahead of the exercise, with the Indian Navy sighting more than a dozen Chinese warships, including submarines, destroyers, and intelligence-gathering vessels, during the last two months.
Although the Indian Navy has maintained the aim of such drills is to sharpen the operational and doctrinal expertise and with the high seas vulnerable to terrorism, gunrunning, piracy and drug trafficking, experts says that it’s a stringent warning from all these three nations who are strongly annoying the Chinese high presence in the Indian Ocean

News Source: MSN News
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