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Malacca Straits News

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The US-India passing exercise off the Andaman and Nicobar coast in Malacca Strait is going to send out a strong message to China. The Indian Navy had recently conducted similar passing exercises with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and French Navy. The USS Nimitz is also the world's largest warship armed with F/A-18F and F/A-18E Super Hornets.
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USS Nimitz is named after US World War II Pacific fleet commander Chester W Nimitz and the country's third fleet admiral. The warship has a crew of over 6000 including Navy personnel, the air wing and marines with almost 90 aircraft including fighters. Its air wing includes Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets, F/A-18E Super Hornets, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornets
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New Delhi has grown concerned over the presence of China`s bigger navy in its neighbourhood and the network of commercial ports it is building in an arc stretching from Sri Lanka to Pakistan that India fears could become naval outposts. 






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