Malabar exercise begins today

Visakhapatnam: The first phase of the 24th edition of the Malabar naval exercise is set to commence off Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday. The exercise will see participation of the Indian Navy (IN), United States Navy (USN), Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The exercise is scheduled till November 6. The second phase of the exercise is scheduled to be conducted in the Arabian Sea mid-November.tnn