I think Vietnam and Taiwan too should join this exercise.
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New Delhi (CNN)A rising Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean has prompted the largest naval exercise the region has seen in more than two decades.
The United States, Japan and India have deployed front-line warships, submarines and aircraft as part of the tri-nation Malabar exercises in the Bay of Bengal.
Conducted annually since 1992, Malabar has grown in size and complexity in recent years to address what the US Navy describes as a "variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific."
Formerly a bilateral exercise between India and the US, Japan became a permanent Malabar member in 2015.
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US, India and Japan begin naval exercises, as China looks on - CNN
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New Delhi (CNN)A rising Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean has prompted the largest naval exercise the region has seen in more than two decades.
The United States, Japan and India have deployed front-line warships, submarines and aircraft as part of the tri-nation Malabar exercises in the Bay of Bengal.
Conducted annually since 1992, Malabar has grown in size and complexity in recent years to address what the US Navy describes as a "variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific."
Formerly a bilateral exercise between India and the US, Japan became a permanent Malabar member in 2015.
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US, India and Japan begin naval exercises, as China looks on - CNN