Five Nation War Games In Bay Of Bengal!!!

[su-30mki]

Called Malabar 07, the exercise is currently underway in the Bay of Bengal. Apart from India, naval ships of the US seventh fleet, and those of Japan, Australia and Singapore are participants with an aim of exchanging combat and maritime skills.

"We are doing combat skills and also the sort of skills we would need if we would have to go and do humanitarian relief sort of missions in the future,” said Doug Crowder Commander, US Seventh Fleet.

Some 30 naval ships, 200 fighter aircrafts and an US nuclear submarine are participating in this exercise. The fleet comprises three aircraft carriers including the nuclear powered USS Nimtz, which bombed Iraq. And the Indian Navy is impressed.

Flag Officer, Commanding-In-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, Raman Prem Suthan said, “Operating with three carriers, 200 aircrafts, it's a great experience and a great a learning curve."

But it was USS Kitty Hawk, the first in the class of three US super carriers, which dominated the show. Even as the Super Hornets, Hornets, Prowlers and Greyhounds took off from the flight deck of the American carrier, they displayed the might of the oldest active forward deployed ship of the US Navy.

Indian aircraft carrier INS Viraat also displayed some strength while USS Kitty Hawk, the US super carrier spearheaded the five nation joint naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal.

It's been a successful operation so far, at least that's what the navy officers claim and it has been in many ways a unique operation. Looks like the Indian Government would be looking forward to many more such exercises in future.

 

[TimmyC]

In Aor

Q. How far do the IN operational areas go, from east to west? As far as Malacca strait to Suez canal, or much nearer home waters?

Thanks

 

[aaaditya]

Q. How far do the IN operational areas go, from east to west? As far as Malacca strait to Suez canal, or much nearer home waters?

Thanks

india has claimed its area of operational interest as being from the mallaca straits to the suez canal ,and that is the reason for indian navy's cpability buildup in recent years,after the agreement on the united nations sea lines of communication ,the waters of arabian sea upto the territorial waters of oman will be under indian jurisdiction ,that is the reason why india is planning to increase the strength of its navy.

 

[contedicavour]

Called Malabar 07, the exercise is currently underway in the Bay of Bengal. Apart from India, naval ships of the US seventh fleet, and those of Japan, Australia and Singapore are participants with an aim of exchanging combat and maritime skills.

"We are doing combat skills and also the sort of skills we would need if we would have to go and do humanitarian relief sort of missions in the future,” said Doug Crowder Commander, US Seventh Fleet.

Some 30 naval ships, 200 fighter aircrafts and an US nuclear submarine are participating in this exercise. The fleet comprises three aircraft carriers including the nuclear powered USS Nimtz, which bombed Iraq. And the Indian Navy is impressed.

Flag Officer, Commanding-In-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, Raman Prem Suthan said, “Operating with three carriers, 200 aircrafts, it's a great experience and a great a learning curve."

But it was USS Kitty Hawk, the first in the class of three US super carriers, which dominated the show. Even as the Super Hornets, Hornets, Prowlers and Greyhounds took off from the flight deck of the American carrier, they displayed the might of the oldest active forward deployed ship of the US Navy.

Indian aircraft carrier INS Viraat also displayed some strength while USS Kitty Hawk, the US super carrier spearheaded the five nation joint naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal.

It's been a successful operation so far, at least that's what the navy officers claim and it has been in many ways a unique operation. Looks like the Indian Government would be looking forward to many more such exercises in future.

Indeed a very interesting naval exercise ! Military capabilities on show left aside, politically these war games can also represent a good answer to the Russian and Chinese war games in Central Asia. While it would be crazy to start dreaming about an Asian extension to NATO, an India-Japan-Australia-US alliance would ring a lot of bells in Beijing and Moscow.

cheers

 

[funtz]

Man those USN carriers are really huge, I have seen the IN carrier, when they were moving alongside, the size of these two super carriers really sunk in.

Now $160 million operating cost seems to be effective enough.

On one of the TV news shows a navy officer said that instead of having individual training exercises will all of these navies its better to have a single exercise so that the addition to operating hours of ships planes etc. etc. are better utilized. I think there is some truth in that

This exercise was precious for the Indian navy with 2 carrier groups in 2015 they will need all the experience they need and there is no one in this world who has better experience to share than the US navy.

Furthermore Indian Ocean needs better protection, all of the nations involved and China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka will only benefit from a more secure and stable Indian Ocean as all of them have seen considerable economic boost.

 

[su-30mki]

well, the war games includes just india out of so many countries in the indian ocean belt, bangladesh,srilanka,myanmar,pakistan,indonesia stc.. why were these countries not included??