Destroyer INS Ranvir passes USS Carl Vinson with F-18 Hornet





Corvette INS Kulish passes destroyer USS Hasley





Indian and US warships in a passage formation





Indian frigate INS Satpura passes USS Carl Vinson





Destroyer INS Ranvijay with USS Carl Vinson





Fleet tanker INS Shakti with USS Carl Vinson

























































Fleet tanker INS Shakti with USS Carl Vinson





Destroyer INS Ranvijay with cruiser USS Bunker Hill





F rom top: USS Bunker Hill, INS Shakti, USNS Bridge, INS Ranvir





Frigate INS Satpura passes USS Carl Vinson





Indian MARCOS aboard destroyer USS Hasley





E-2 Hawkeye from USS Carl Vinson





Indian Ka-31 anti-sub chopper lands on USS Hasley





Indian, US Navy units in formation





Submarine USS Louisville with Indian, US Navy units in formation



























































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.





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