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Indian Navy's indigenous frontline warships INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata will participate in Exercise MALABAR 2023.

Facts About:

• The MALABAR series of maritime exercises commenced in 1992 as a bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and US Navy. 
• Japan joined the Naval Exercises in 2015. Malabar 2020 saw the participation of the Australian Navy.
• This year marks the 27th edition of MALABAR which is being hosted by Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and will see participation from the US Navy (USN), Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
• INS Sahyadri is the third ship of the indigenously designed and built Project-17 class multi-role stealth frigates.
• INS Kolkata is the first ship of the indigenously designed and built Project-15A class destroyers.
  1. Both ships have been built at Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai and are fitted with a state-of-the-art array of weapons and sensors to detect and neutralise threats in surface, air and underwater domains.

Source: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1947436