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India blocks Australian bid to join Exercise Malabar naval war games
India has declined an Australian request to take part in multilateral naval exercises in July over fears it could unnecessarily enflame diplomatic tensions with…
- Exclusive by defence reporter Andrew Greene
- ABC
For a quarter of a century military assets from the United States and India, and more recently Japan, have come together for joint annual defence drills — known as Exercise Malabar — north of…
In 2007, Australia participated in Exercise Malabar but the Rudd government then withdrew from the exercises and…