ARABIAN SEA (Nov. 19, 2020) The Indian navy destroyer INS Chennai (D65) fires its main gun during a live-fire exercise with the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFG 155) and guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) and the Indian navy frigate INS Talwar (F40) as part of Malabar 2020. Malabar 2020 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises that has grown in scope and complexity over the years to address the variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Pacific where the U.S. Navy has patrolled for more than 70 years promoting regional peace and security. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan C. Kellums)