Four countries in Japan, the United States, Australia and India restrain large-scale exercises from expanding China's military influence at 8:25 on November 18

The U.S., Indian, and Australian Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force have begun large-scale exercises centered on U.S. and Indian aircraft carriers in joint training near India, and will have China's military influence in the Asia-Pacific. It seems that there is also an aim to show an attitude to counter the expansion in four countries.

The US and Indian Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force carry out joint training "Malabar" every year, and the Australian Navy also participates.



Units from the four countries have completed training with destroyers and escorts in Bengal Bay near India from the 3rd of this month, and from the 17th, the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Nimitz" and the Indian Navy will be in the Arabian Sea off the western coast of India. With the addition of the aircraft carrier "Bikula Maditiya", a large-scale exercise has begun.

According to the Indian Navy, the exercise will last for four days until the 20th, with the aim of improving joint operations capabilities centered on aircraft carriers.



The Arabian Sea, which is the training area, is close to the sea lane, which connects Asia and the Middle East, and China is activating its activities under the "One Belt, One Road" initiative of the huge economic zone. It means that it has been done.



Participating countries are expected to emphasize their unity under the "free and open Indo-Pacific" and to show their willingness to oppose the expansion of China's military influence in four countries.