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News: The Malabar Exercise 2025 is set to be hosted to strengthen maritime cooperation and improve interoperability among the participating forces.
About Exercise Malabar 2025
- Exercise Malabar 2025 is a Quad Naval Exercise with India, the US, Japan and Australia.
- Location: The exercise is being hosted by the US in the Guam islands.
- Indian Participation: INS Sahyadri, an indigenously designed and built Guided Missile Stealth Frigate, represents India in the exercise.
- The previous 2024 exercise was hosted by India in Visakhapatnam.
- Objective: To strengthen coordination, enhance interoperability, and showcase collective commitment to regional maritime security.
- Significance: Reflects India’s dedication to partnerships with like-minded nations and aligns with the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative, highlighting indigenous naval capability.
- Exercise Structure:
- Harbour Phase: It includes operational discussions, planning sessions, and coordination on communication protocols. It features familiarisation visits among naval personnel of participating countries and involves social and sporting engagements to build camaraderie.
- Sea Phase: It focuses on complex naval operations including joint fleet manoeuvres. It encompasses anti-submarine warfare, gunnery exercises, and flying operations.
- Harbour Phase: It includes operational discussions, planning sessions, and coordination on communication protocols. It features familiarisation visits among naval personnel of participating countries and involves social and sporting engagements to build camaraderie.
