Quad Military Exercise Presents Alternative Vision to CCP Ideology

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) sails in formation with ships from the Indian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force while conducting replenishment-at-seas approaches (RASAPs) as part of Malabar 2020. U.S. INDOPACOM

Naval forces from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States participated in Malabar 2021 during the last week of August, giving the nations’ forces a chance to further develop cohesion in planning, training, and the employment of advanced warfare techniques.

Malabar is an annual military exercise that began as a joint initiative between the United States and India in 1992. Since then, the exercise has evolved considerably with ongoing developments in international relations and has seen other nations get involved at various points in time.