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| Destroyer INS Ranvir passes USS Carl Vinson with F-18 Hornet |
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| Corvette INS Kulish passes destroyer USS Hasley |
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| Indian and US warships in a passage formation |
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| Indian frigate INS Satpura passes USS Carl Vinson |
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| Destroyer INS Ranvijay with USS Carl Vinson |
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| Fleet tanker INS Shakti with USS Carl Vinson |
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| Fleet tanker INS Shakti with USS Carl Vinson |
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| Destroyer INS Ranvijay with cruiser USS Bunker Hill |
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| From top: USS Bunker Hill, INS Shakti, USNS Bridge, INS Ranvir |
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| Frigate INS Satpura passes USS Carl Vinson |
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| Indian MARCOS aboard destroyer USS Hasley |
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| E-2 Hawkeye from USS Carl Vinson |
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| Indian Ka-31 anti-sub chopper lands on USS Hasley |
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| Indian, US Navy units in formation |
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| Submarine USS Louisville with Indian, US Navy units in formation |
The ships involved in Exercise Malabar 2012 were Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill, Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Halsey and Supply-class fast combat support and logistics ship USNS Bridge. Los Angeles-class nuclear fast attack submarine USS Louisville, Lockheed-Martin P3C Orion and Northrop-Grumman E-2 Hawkeye AEW aircraft were also fielded. The Indian Navy fielded indigenously-built Project 17 stealth frigate INS Satpura, Kashin-class guided missile destroyers INS Ranvir and INS Ranvijay, guided missile corvette INS Kulish and fleet replenishment tanker INS Shakti.
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India needs a dedicated missile cruiser.
No, India (and the US) need to feed and educate its population.
With China threatning Philipines excersies of this sort will be a common site also it will be interesting to see what role the US and its allies will play if a conflict will arize
thats not a ka 31 asw helicopter…
tahts a kamov 28 helicopter .The KA 31 and KA 28 are worlds apart!!
I believe these kind of existences are really good for India, US and in fact the world politics (diplomacy)at large. The reason i am telling this is, with China's rise comes military threat to Asia, which makes sense for like minded democratic countries like USA and India to get closer. I believe US will make a much better ally to India than Russia in the future as Chino-Russian relationship is getting closer these days.
These kind of joint exercises are good stepping stones for a good relationship to help establish Indo-US partnership. Believe me when I say, US wants Indian support more than India needs US support.