The Quad country navies including, India, the US, Japan and Australia, will be conducting the annual Malabar naval exercises, from August 21, off the coast of Guam, in the Indo-Pacific.
On Aug 11, 2021, The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired a 1,000-km range Nirbhay cruise missile from the Chandipur testing facility in Odisha.