India-US-Japan joint naval exercise Malabar-2015 kicks off

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JMSDF Fuyuzuki at Chennai harbour

USS Fort Worth at Chennai harbour




"Exercise Malabar-15’, a naval exercise involving India, the US and Japan, got off to a spectacular start in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday.

The six-day exercise, which will conclude on October 19, aims at increasing the interoperability among the three navies and also to develop a common understanding for maritime security operations.

The current edition, which is the 19th overall, will feature wide-ranging professional interactions at harbour and diverse operational activities at sea. In a joint media interaction on board the INS Shivalik on Thursday, Navy Vice-Admiral B K Verma along with his American and Japanese counterparts, J P Aucoin and Y Murakawa, respectively, said ‘Exercise Malabar-15’ will be another significant step in strengthening mutual confidence and sharing best practices between the three countries.

“This exercise will also go a long way in enhancing maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region for the benefit of the global maritime community,” they said, adding “the thrust of exercises at sea this year will be anti-submarine warfare, surface firings, air defence, visit board search”.

Freedom Variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 3) USS Fort Worth at Chennai port

Stealth Frigate INS Shivalik (left) and Brahmaputra class Frigate INS Betwa at Chennai port

Malabar2015 Vice Adml Y Murakawa, JMSDF, Vice Adml BK Verma, IN, Vice Adml JP Aucoin, USN at a Presser in Chennai.

 

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Anyone else think USS Fort Worth looks like a crocodile with an underbite?

Looking forward to pics other than them in port!

 

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Inside Ops room of Freedom Variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth.

Scene from USNavy & IndianNavy soccer match during Malabar2015 Exercise sports Day

Lt. James Stranges on MQ-8B w/ IndianNavy officer during USSFortWorth (LCS 3) tour as part of Malabar2015

Government of India
Ministry of Defence

Exercise Malabar – 15 Initiated in 1992, as a bilateral exercise between the Indian and US Navies, the scope, complexity of operations and level of participation has increased steadily in successive editions of the India-US Malabar Naval Exercise. The 18th edition of the exercise was held in the Western Pacific in July 2014 in which Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) was invited to participate.

MALABAR-15, the 19th edition of the exercise, will be conducted in the Bay of Bengal from 14 -19 October 2015. Alongwith the Indian Navy and the US Naval Forces, JMSDF will also participate in the exercise. The scope of MALABAR-15 includes wide-ranging professional interactions during the Harbour Phase and a diverse range of operational activities at sea during the Sea Phase.

During MALABAR-15, the Indian Navy will be represented by INS Shivalik an indigenous frigate, INS Ranvijay a guided missile destroyer, INS Betwa an indigenous frigate and INS Shakti ¬¬¬¬a Fleet Support Ship. In addition, one Sindhugosh class submarine, INS Sindhudhvaj, Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft P8I and integral rotary wing helicopters are also scheduled to participate in the trilateral exercise.

The US Navy will be represented by the ships from Carrier Task Force (CTF) 70 of the USN 7th Fleet, which is based at Yokosuka, Japan. The CTF will include the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Ticonderoga class Cruiser USS Normandy and Freedom Class Littoral Combat ship USS Forth Worth. In addition, one Los Angeles class nuclear powered submarine USS City of Corpus Christi, F18 Aircraft from US Carrier Air Wing and P8A Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft will also participate in the exercise.

The JMSDF will be represented by JS Fuyuzuki, a missile destroyer with SH 60K integral helicopter.

MALABAR – 15 is part of the process of enhancing naval cooperation among important navies of Indo-pacific regions which helps in enhancing mutual understanding. Sharing of best practices by the three navies will strengthen their respective capacities and help create better synergies for effective and speedy action to deal with challenges of disaster prevention and relief and maritime safety and security in the Indo-Pacific region, for the benefit of the global maritime community

 

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Navy spirit! USNavy, IndianNavy + JapanNavy in tug-of-war at Malabar2015 sports Day!

Behind the scenes on USSFortworth (LCS 3)

Joint press conference on Malabar2015 Exercise on board INSShivalik.

 

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Coalition of Guiding Democracy. When democracy is low in the world CGD will be there to restore balance.

 

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USS Theodore Roosevelt USNavy team up with India & Japan for Malabar2015

 

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USS Fort Worth Completes Harbor Phase of Exercise Malabar
Story Number: NNS151016-11Release Date: 10/16/2015 11:16:00 AM

By Lt. Kevin Chambers, Destroyer Squadron 7 Public Affairs
CHENNAI, India (NNS) -- The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) completed the harbor phase of exercise Malabar in Chennai, India, Oct. 15.

Malabar 2015 is a complex, high-end warfighting exercise that has grown in scope and complexity over the years and is the latest in a continuing series conducted to advance multi-national maritime relationships and mutual security issues.

During the harbor phase in Chennai, the Fort Worth crew participated in subject matter expert and professional exchanges on maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare, medical operations, damage control, helicopter operations and visit board search and seizure (VBSS) operations.

"The harbor phase training was quite beneficial to the crew," said Cmdr. Christopher Brown, commanding officer of Fort Worth. "This is the first time the crew of Fort Worth has had the opportunity to work and train with members of the Indian Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and what we were able to learn from each other will go a long way towards advancing our interoperability."

Included during the harbor phase was a tour of the Fort Worth for sailors from the India Navy and JMSDF. During the tour, the sailors were given a presentation by sailors assigned to Helicopter Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, Detachment 3 on the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system and were briefed on the capabilities of Fort Worth.

2015 marks the first time that a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship has participated in Malabar and will be the first time one has operated in the Indian Ocean, which will occur during the sea phase portion of Malabar.

"We are looking forward to getting to sea and participating in a number of complex surface warfare exercises," said Brown. "This is the first time a littoral combat ship has participated in Malabar and the sea phase provides a unique opportunity for Fort Worth to operate hull-to-hull with ships from the Indian navy and JMSDF."

Fort Worth will participate in a number of events during the sea phase of Malabar, including liaison officer professional exchanges and embarks; photo exercise; submarine familiarization, high-value unit defense; air and mine defense exercises; surface warfare, communications, gunnery, search and rescue and VBSS exercises; medevac; helicopter cross-deck evolutions; underway replenishments; and anti-submarine warfare.

Malabar is an annual maritime exercise with the Indian Navy that includes the JMSDF in 2015. The JMSDF last participated in Malabar 2014 and Malabar 2009.

Commander, Task Force 73 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 staff conduct advanced planning, organize resources and directly support the execution of maritime exercises such as the bilateral CARAT series, the Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) with Vietnam, and the multilateral Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Commander Nandakumar Das, skipper of the Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhudhvaj, who will be the hunter and the hunted in Malabar 2015.

 

[Kinetic]

May the next war never happens but India-Japan-USA will be on same side, whether we like it or not. I am just waiting for Asian NATO.