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- Continuing the military-to-military engagement, the Air Forces of India and the U.S. are set to conduct the Cope India exercise at the Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal, with Japan as an observer.
- The exercise will see intense air manoeuvres aimed at improving interoperability, a defence source said.
- The Japanese Air Self Defence Force will participate in Cope India as an observer.
- The U.S. proposed a trilateral air exercise between the three countries and so Japan was included as an observer with the intention to elevate it into trilateral level in phases.
Other exercises:
- The India-U.S. bilateral Malabar naval exercise became trilateral with the addition of Japan in 2015 and further brought in all the Quad partners together with the inclusion of Australia in 2020.
- India and Japan held the maiden air exercise Veer Guardian hosted by the JASDF.
SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB
