160616-N-EH218-092: PHILIPPINE SEA (June 16, 2016) Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) fire the Mk-45 5-inch gun during a live-fire surface gun exercise with the Indian Navy Kora-class corvette INS Kirch (P62) and Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigates INS Sahyadri (F49) and INS Satpura (F48) during Malabar 2016. A trilateral maritime exercise, Malabar is designed to enhance dynamic cooperation between the Indian Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Navy forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialis


160616-N-EH218-092: PHILIPPINE SEA (June 16, 2016) Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) fire the Mk-45 5-inch gun during a live-fire surface gun exercise with the Indian Navy Kora-class corvette INS Kirch (P62) and Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigates INS Sahyadri (F49) and INS Satpura (F48) during Malabar 2016. A trilateral maritime exercise, Malabar is designed to enhance dynamic cooperation between the Indian Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Navy forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder/Released) Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) fire the Mk-45 5-inch gun during a live-fire surface gun exercise with the INS Kirch (P62), INS Sahyadri (F49) and INS Satpura (F48) during Malabar 2016


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