The Quad navies (India, the US, Japan and Australia) will be conducting amphibious operations which will be involving Special Forces, live firing and anti-submarine warfare operations off the coast of Guam as part of Malabar 2021 exercises.
Malabar series of Exercises are aimed at increasing the interoperability of naval powers of the four countries of the Quad.
The harbour phase of the Malabar naval exercises is scheduled from August 21 to 24, 2021, while the sea phase of the annual exercise will be held on August 25 to 29, 2021.
The US Navy is bringing three warships including destroyers, maritime reconnaissance aircraft P-8I, anti-submarine warfare helicopters and Special Forces.
Indian Navy will be represented by two surface combatants led by Guided Missile Destroyer INS Ranvijay and Frigate INS Shivalik along with maritime reconnaissance aircraft P-8I, ASW helicopters and Special Forces (Marine Commandos-MARCOS).
The Japanese Navy is bringing in three surface combatants, a submarine mine-layer, maritime reconnaissance aircraft, ASW helicopters and Special Forces.
The Australian Navy will participate in Malabar with one ship, ASW helicopter and Special Forces.
The last Malabar exercise off the coast of Guam was held in 2018 with Japanese, Indian and US Navy participating in the advanced naval war games. In 2020, the Australian Navy joined the Malabar exercises as part of Quad.
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