General ‘dreams’ Maritime, The Quartet Has Just Taken New Actions In The Indian Ocean
On October 12, the press secretary of the Pentagon John Kirby announced that the naval forces of the quartet of the US, Japan, Australia and India have started the Chung Malabar joint exercise in phase 2. Warship of the quartet groups started to participate in the phase 2. (Source: News 18) The exercise, with the participation of 2 Japanese escorts, carriers running by Carl Vinson nuclear energy of the US Navy, a Australian delicony and an Indian destroyer, will last until October 14 on Bengal Bay, northeastern Indian Ocean. Before that, in late August, the quartet conducted one The Chung Malabar exercise phase 1 on Guam Island. The quartet group is cooperating to realize a free and open Indian Ocean-Pacific region as well as to counterbalance the growing influence on China's economy and military