Quad to come together for first joint air exercise

In a first for the Quad nations, India, the United States, Japan and Australia will come together for an air exercise next month. India will host the drills, ‘Cope India’, in the first week of November. While India and the US will lead the exercise, Australia and Japan will participate as observers. Japan had joined as an observer during ‘Cope India 2023’, but this will mark Australia’s first participation — completing the first structured engagement of all four Quad countries in an air exercise. The timing of the air exercise will coincide with a separate maritime drill, Malabar, involving the…

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