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U.S. Navy Wraps Up Drills With Partners in Philippine Sea, Strait of Malacca

2 December 2021

Sailors transit the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) after debarking a CMV-22B Osprey, assigned to the “Titans” of Fleet Logistic Support Squadron (VRM) 30, Dec. 1, 2021. U.S. Navy Photo

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The U.S Navy this week completed exercises in the Philippine Sea with multilateral partners and an exercise with Malaysia in the Malacca Strait.
The multilateral ANNUALEX exercise hosted by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force concluded on Tuesday....

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/01/u-s-navy-wraps-up-drills-with-partners-in-philippine-sea-strait-of-malacca

Russia, China Wrap Up Drills Off Japan, Pledge More Joint Exercises

25 October 2021

Russian and Chinese ships on Oct. 23 off the coast of Japan. JMSDF Image

KUALA LUMPUR – A combined Russian Navy and People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) fleet concluded a sail in international waters east of Japan’s main island of Honshu and split off to their home ports on Saturday, all while being monitored by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and aircraft during the voyage.

The Chinese ships were Type 055 destroyer Nanchang (101), Type 052D destroyer Kuming (172), Type 054 frigates Binzou

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/25/russia-china-wrap-up-drills-off-japan-pledge-more-joint-exercises

Japan Monitoring Combined Russian and Chinese Naval Fleet Sailing Off Honshu

22 October 2021

Chinese and Russian Warships. Japan Self-Defense Forces Photos

KUALA LUMPUR – A combined Russian Navy and China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) fleet continues to sail in international waters east of Japan’s main island of Honshu, while Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and aircraft monitor the fleet during its voyage.

As of 4 a.m. Thursday, the joint fleet was sighted between Smith Island (Sumisu-tō) and Tori-shima Island in the Izu Island chain, according to a news release and map...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/22/japan-monitoring-combined-russian-and-chinese-naval-fleet-sailing-off-honshu

Malaysian and Singapore Drill with U.K., Australia and New Zealand in Bersama Gold 2021

8 October 2021

U.K. Royal Navy guided-missile destroyer HMS Diamond (D-34) leaving Singapore on Oct. 8, 2021. Royal Navy Photo

KUALA LUMPUR – Nations part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) – Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom – began the field training portion of the Bersama Gold 2021 exercise today on Friday.

The FPDA is an arrangement in which all five member nations agree to consult one another on measures taken separately or together in response to any attack or...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/08/malaysian-and-singapore-drill-with-allis-u-k-australia-and-new-zealand-in-bersama-gold-2021

Chinese Air Force Fly 16 Aircraft Through Malaysian Airspace in Large-Scale Exercise

1 June 2021

Royal Malaysian Air Force Photo

KUALA LUMPUR – Sixteen aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army Air Force conducted a large-scale transport formation exercise over the South China Sea near Borneo on Monday and entered the airspace of Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) said in a statement today.

RMAF said its radar station in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak detected the aircraft on Monday at 11:53 a.m. local time and that the aircraft were in a...

https://news.usni.org/2021/06/01/chinese-air-force-fly-16-aircraft-through-malaysian-airspace-in-large-scale-exercise