<p class="title">The Indo-US-Japan Malabar series of naval exercise will take place in June at Guam in the western Pacific in which the US Navy will field its latest Nuclear powered super-carrier USS Ronald Regan whereas the Indian Navy will send three of its warships including a stealth frigate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">From the Indian side, indigenous stealth frigate INS Sahyadri, anti-submarine stealth corvette INS Kamorta and a fleet tanker will participate in the exercise scheduled between June 7 and 15, sources told <span class="italic">DH</span>.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The aviation support will come from long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft P8I. A similar aircraft known as P8-Poseidon is operated by the US Navy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">US Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard has a big presence at Guam, which is being prepared to be the western-most military training range for the US. From the US side, the star attraction of the exercise would be the Nimitz-class super-carrier USS Ronald Regan.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">No Australia</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said Australia wouldn't be a part of the Malabar-2018 though Canberra repeatedly approached New Delhi to be a part of the multilateral naval drill. Australia expected at least an observer status in Malabar before becoming a member, but India remained firm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Only in 2016, India and USA agreed to allow Japan to become a permanent member in the naval drill that was in place since the 1990s.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's decision of excluding Australia from the naval war game received a rare appreciation from Beijing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Opening up the doors for Japan sync well with the US strategy of creating an alliance of like-minded nations in the Indo-Pacific to counter China's rising military prowess.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">2017 edition</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 2017 edition of the Malabar took place in the Bay of Bengal in which three navies practiced carrier strike group operations, maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare, medical operations, damage control, special forces operations, explosive ordnance disposal, helicopter operations, and visit board search and seizure operations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was the first major India-US military drill in the Donald Trump administration.</p>
<p class="title">The Indo-US-Japan Malabar series of naval exercise will take place in June at Guam in the western Pacific in which the US Navy will field its latest Nuclear powered super-carrier USS Ronald Regan whereas the Indian Navy will send three of its warships including a stealth frigate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">From the Indian side, indigenous stealth frigate INS Sahyadri, anti-submarine stealth corvette INS Kamorta and a fleet tanker will participate in the exercise scheduled between June 7 and 15, sources told <span class="italic">DH</span>.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The aviation support will come from long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft P8I. A similar aircraft known as P8-Poseidon is operated by the US Navy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">US Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard has a big presence at Guam, which is being prepared to be the western-most military training range for the US. From the US side, the star attraction of the exercise would be the Nimitz-class super-carrier USS Ronald Regan.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">No Australia</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said Australia wouldn't be a part of the Malabar-2018 though Canberra repeatedly approached New Delhi to be a part of the multilateral naval drill. Australia expected at least an observer status in Malabar before becoming a member, but India remained firm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Only in 2016, India and USA agreed to allow Japan to become a permanent member in the naval drill that was in place since the 1990s.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's decision of excluding Australia from the naval war game received a rare appreciation from Beijing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Opening up the doors for Japan sync well with the US strategy of creating an alliance of like-minded nations in the Indo-Pacific to counter China's rising military prowess.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">2017 edition</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 2017 edition of the Malabar took place in the Bay of Bengal in which three navies practiced carrier strike group operations, maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare, medical operations, damage control, special forces operations, explosive ordnance disposal, helicopter operations, and visit board search and seizure operations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was the first major India-US military drill in the Donald Trump administration.</p>