Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) will be participating in Exercise Malabar 07-2. Ex Malabar is a naval exercise held annually by the Indian Navy (IN) and the United States Navy (USN). The RSN accepted an invitation in October last year to participate in a multi-lateral exercise in the Indian Ocean with the USN and the IN. We were informed subsequently that the USN and the IN had also separately invited the Royal Australian Navy and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force to participate in Ex Malabar 07-2. The RSN frigate, RSS Formidable, will be taking part in the exercise, which will be conducted in the Bay of Bengal from 4 to 9 Sep 07.

Meanwhile Australia has decided to send will be sending one of our FFGs – one of our frigates – HMAS Adelaide for Ex Malabar 07.