Malabar 2021 (Update)

2021/8/31
(First issued on August 23, 2021)
1. Phase 1-1
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, deploying its Special Boarding Unit, conducts a multilateral exercise “Malabar 2021” with Royal Australian Navy, Indian Navy, and the United States Navy in Guam and its vicinity from August 23rd to September 10th, 2021.

2. Phase 1-2
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted another part of multilateral exercise “Malabar 2021” in which it deployed JS Kaga, JS Murasame, JS Shiranui, P-1 aircraft and a submarine with the Royal Australian Navy, Indian Navy, and the United States Navy in the Philippine Sea from August 26th to 29th, 2021.
(Press release from the Maritime Staff Office, Ministry of Defense, Japan)

●Participating platforms from the JMSDF