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MALABAR NAVY EXERCISE NEWS

Knowledge Nugget | Malabar Naval Exercise 2025: Why it matters for UPSC Prelims and Mains – Key points on QUAD

November 11, 2025 11:19 am

UPSC Current Affairs: As the navies of India, the US, Australia, and Japan kick-start the annual Malabar naval exercise today, here’s all you need to know about the exercise and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad). Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget’ to learn about other key initiatives of the Quad.

China hopes Malabar naval drills will be conducive to peace, not contrary

November 03, 2020 4:33 pm

China has been suspicious about the purpose of the Malabar exercise as it feels that the annual war game is an effort to contain its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. The Malabar exercise started in 1992 as a bilateral drill between the Indian Navy and the US Navy in the Indian Ocean.

Tri-nation Malabar Naval Exercise in Bay of Bengal begins

July 11, 2017 8:28 am

The 21st edition of the Malabar exercise, conducted ashore and at-sea, would include professional exchanges on carrier strike group operations, maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare.

What is Malabar navy exercise: As China expresses concern, here is all you need to know about this drill

July 11, 2017 8:21 am

The Malabar exercise first took place 23 years ago in 1992. Earlier it was a bilateral drill between India and US. Japan became a permanent member of the exercise in 2015. The main aim of the exercise is to address the shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific.

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Malabar war games: India-US-Japan field their largest warships in navy exercise

July 11, 2017 9:41 am

India, Japan and United States kicked off the Malabar naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal on Monday. The tri-lateral naval exercise is the widest in scope than all its previous editions and will continue for 10 days.

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