Japan to deploy P-1 for Exercise Malabar 2018

Next year’s iteration of Exercise Malabar would see Japan deploying its new P-1 maritime patrol aircraft for the first time.

By Aleem Yousaf (Kawasaki P-1, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Both sides will also send aircraft to each other bases as part of the effort to boost cooperation between their military.