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Destroyer INS Ranvir passes USS Carl Vinson with F-18 Hornet |
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Corvette INS Kulish passes destroyer USS Hasley |
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Indian and US warships in a passage formation |
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Indian frigate INS Satpura passes USS Carl Vinson |
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Destroyer INS Ranvijay with USS Carl Vinson |
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Fleet tanker INS Shakti with USS Carl Vinson |
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Fleet tanker INS Shakti with USS Carl Vinson
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Destroyer INS Ranvijay with cruiser USS Bunker Hill |
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From top: USS Bunker Hill, INS Shakti, USNS Bridge, INS Ranvir |
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Frigate INS Satpura passes USS Carl Vinson |
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Indian MARCOS aboard destroyer USS Hasley |
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E-2 Hawkeye from USS Carl Vinson |
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Indian Ka-31 anti-sub chopper lands on USS Hasley |
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Indian, US Navy units in formation |
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Submarine USS Louisville with Indian, US Navy units in formation
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The ships involved in Exercise Malabar 2012 were Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill, Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Halsey and Supply-class fast combat support and logistics ship USNS Bridge. Los Angeles-class nuclear fast attack submarine USS Louisville, Lockheed-Martin P3C Orion and Northrop-Grumman E-2 Hawkeye AEW aircraft were also fielded. The Indian Navy fielded indigenously-built Project 17 stealth frigate INS Satpura, Kashin-class guided missile destroyers INS Ranvir and INS Ranvijay, guided missile corvette INS Kulish and fleet replenishment tanker INS Shakti.
Photos / U.S. Navy