All aboard: India, US and Japan navies in 'Malabar' action

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......

LAC face-off: Navy increases surveillance in Indian Ocean

The navy has increased its surveillance missions and beefed up operational deployment in the Indian Ocean region in the wake of India's seven-week bitter border standoff with China in eastern......

India-Japan aim to curtail China's maritime footprint

The India-Japan joint naval exercises are a strategic signal for China, observes Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Japanese Ship Kashima and Japanese Ship Shimayuki conducted an exercise with INS Rana and......

World navies unite @ Rim of the Pacific

Curtains will fall on the Rim of the Pacific 2016, the world’s largest international maritime exercise, on August 4. Participants in drills that lasted over a month in and around the Hawaiian......