<span style="color: black;">The Indian Navy would be participating in the second phase of Multilateral Maritime Exercise Malabar along with the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, Royal Australian Navy and the United States Navy. The exercise is being conducted in the Bay of Bengal from 12th to 15th of this month. First Phase of the exercise was conducted in the Phillipines Sea from 26th to 29th August.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">The Indian Navy's participation includes INS Ranvijay, INS Satpura and a Submarine. The US Navy will be represented by the Aircraft Carrier USS Carl Vinson along with two destroyers, USS Lake Champlain and USS Stockdale. The Japan Maritime Self Defence Forcewill be represented by JS Kaga and JS Murasame. The Royal Australian Navy will be represented by HMAS Ballarat and HMAS Sirius.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">The Second Phase of the exercise would build upon the synergy, coordination and inter-operability developed during the First Phase of the exercise. It would focus on  advanced surface and anti-submarine warfare exercises, seamanship evolutions and weapon firings.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">The Malabar series of exercises, which began as an annual bilateral naval exercise between India and the US in 1992, has seen increasing scope and complexity over the years.</span>