World Warships…. NORTH ARABIAN SEA (November 17, 2020) – Warships from the Royal Au
World Warships…. NORTH ARABIAN SEA (November 17, 2020) – Warships from the Royal Australian Navy, Indian Navy, United States Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sail in formation during an allied training exercise. The training exercise was called Malabar 2020.…an annual event since 2002. Here’s more of the group….as we zoom-out from the top photo. (If you look closely, you’ll see the tip of a submarine’s conning tower poking above the water, and leaving a wake, to the far left of the third photo above.) Over a dozens ships, a submarine, multiple aircraft, and other naval assets from the four allied navies participated in the two-week-long event. This alliance of Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean powers projects a unified maritime encirclement of China as the Communist regime continues its aggressive, and sometimes hostile, encroachment on vast regions of the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean. * * * * Serving as lead ships for the four participating navies (top photo….from top to bottom) and the insignia for each naval force working together in Malabar 2020:>>Australia….HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) – frigate * * * *>>India….INS Vikramaditya – aircraft carrier; Indian Navy flagship * * * * >>United States….USS Nimitz (CVN 68) – nuclear-powered aircraft carrier * * * * >>Japan….JS Murasame (DD 101) – destroyer ________________________>>CLICK on the photos for a closer look at this impressive naval force….>>Top photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Keenan Daniels, USN; photos #2 & 3: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaud, USN -- source link
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