After Malabar, Quad nations team up with France for one of its kind naval exercise in Indian Ocean

Indian Navy for the first time is participating in a French naval exercise along with the US, Australia, and Japan in the eastern Indian Ocean from March 5 to 7.

The Indian Navy for the first time is participating in a French naval exercise along with the United States, Australia and Japan in the eastern Indian Ocean from March 5 to 7. Exercise La Perouse will involve complex and advanced naval operations including surface warfare, anti-air warfare and air defence exercises, weapon firing exercises, cross deck flying operations, tactical manoeuvres and seamanship evolutions such as replenishment at sea. "Indian Navy ships INS Satpura [with an integral helicopter embarked] and INS Kiltan along with P8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft are participating, for the first time; in multi-lateral maritime exercise La Pérouse, being conducted in the eastern Indian Ocean Region from 05 to 07 Apr 2021," the Navy said. After the Malabar exercise in November last year when the Quad nations participated, the four countries -- India, USA, Australia, and Japan -- are once again coming together along with France.