Exercise Malabar Phase-II to be held next week in Bay of Bengal
The Hindu
First military engagement among Quad partner countries since AUKUS unveiled
The Quadrilateral group comprising India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. is scheduled to hold Phase-II of the Malabar naval exercise next week, according to official sources.
This is the first military engagement among the Quad partner countries since Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. to deepen cooperation on a range of “emerging security and defence capabilities” which includes equipping Australian with at least eight nuclear powered submarines (SSN).
The exercise will be held over three days beginning October 12 in the Bay of Bengal, an official source said.
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