The annual Indo-US naval exercise, Malabar-2012, commenced in the Bay of Bengal at Chennai coast on April 7. The 10-day long exercise would see the participation of frontline units from both countries.
The focus areas of the exercise include air defence, helicopter cross deck operations and anti-submarine warfare.
The US Navy is being represented by ships from Carrier Task Force 70 of the Seventh Fleet which is based at Yokosuka in Japan.
The Indian Navy is being represented by the indigenously built guided missile frigate INS Satpura, guided missile destroyers INS Ranvijay and INS Ranvir and fleet tanker INS Shakti. Malabar-2012 is the 16th in a series of bilateral exercises since 1992.
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