Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181) steams in formation with the Indian Navy ship INS Shivalik (F 47) and the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during Exercise Malabar 2022, in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 11.
In early November ships and aircraft from Australia, India, Japan and the US took part in Exercise Malabar 2022 off the coast of Japan. This is the 26th iteration of the Malabar series of exercises, which began in 1992 between the United States and India.
