US, India And Japan Begin Naval Exercises In The Bay Of Bengal

CNN: US, India and Japan begin naval exercises, as China looks on

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, this year's drill is only the second to include Japan -- and the first to include aircraft carriers from all three navies.

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