Australia joined India, Japan, and the US for Exercise Malabar 2025 in the West Pacific. The maritime exercise, featuring INS Sahyadri and HMAS Ballarat, aims to strengthen interoperability, regional security, and collective readiness through complex naval drills and operational coordination.
Phase 1 of the exercise involving participation by Indian Navy, US Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, and Royal Australian Navy will commence off Visakhapatnam in Bay of Bengal from Nov 3-6
