English: Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri, Shakti and Kamorta of Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, NM, Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Fleet, currently on an overseas deployment to South East Asia and the Western Pacific, would be participating in the 22nd edition of Exercise Malabar, off Guam, USA from 07 to 16 June 2018. The three Indian Naval Ships are scheduled to arrive in Guam on 7 June 2018 for the harbour phase of the exercise. It is for the first time that Malabar is being conducted on United States territory.

The scope of the Exercise Malabar-18 includes professional interactions during the harbour phase in Guam from 7 to 10 June 2018. The sea phase from 11 to 16 June 2018 includes a diverse range of activities at sea including Aircraft Carrier operations, Air Defence, Anti-Submarine Warfare Surface Warfare, Visit, Board, Search and Seizure, Joint Manoeuvres and Tactical procedures.

The Indian Navy will be represented by the two indigenously designed and built ships, the multi-purpose stealth frigate INS Sahyadri and Anti-Submarine Warfare corvette, INS Kamorta, Fleet Tanker INS Shakti and Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft P8I. The US Navy forces will include the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan with its air wing, two Ticonderoga class cruisers, USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville, two Arleigh Burke class destroyers, USS Benfold and USS Must in a Los Angeles-class attack submarine and one Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft P8A. The JMSDF would be represented by a Hyuga class helicopter carrier JS Ise with integral helicopters, Takanami class destroyer JS Suzunami, Akizuki class destroyer JS Fuyuzuki, Japanese Maritime Patrol Aircraft, P1 and a submarine.

It would be of interest to note that US has recently named their Hawaii-based Pacific Command as the US Indo-Pacific Command.