The 2020 Malabar naval exercise was held with four countries. India, US, Japan and Australia participated in the exercise. The importance was that it was an advanced level multilateral exercise. This concert of democracy increases against authoritarian and dictatorial regimes that we face. This spill off of this exercise extends to other areas like finance and trade. The anti-submarine warfare focus has been more pronounced. A new submarine of the Scorpene class has been commissioned in Mumbai. The Indian Navy is collaborating with DRDO extensively in this field.