US, India to undertake joint naval exercise

MALABAR is a regularly scheduled naval field training exercise and the latest is a continuing series of exercises conducted to advance multinational maritime relationships and mutual security issues, a US Consulate official said.  

“MALABAR exercise will further demonstrate our ability to plan and execute complex multi-war fare scenario of events at sea. That's what great Navies do”, he said.  

“As the world's two largest democracies, we share common values and interests, we also share personal relationships and procedures that provide mutual benefit,” he said.