India is planning to enhance its military ties with several friendly nations in the next two months. A series of military drills have been scheduled to achieve the same. This includes the Malabar 'Quad' naval exercise off the coast of Japan, a high-altitude exercise with the US army in Uttarakhand, an infantry combat exercise with Australia in Rajasthan and other joint exercises with three members of the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations).