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India Readies Biggest Naval Base Next To Pakistan; Can Host Navy’s Largest Warship – 44,500-Ton INS Vikramaditya

INS Kadamba at Karwar on the Western seacoast is where India’s aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (earlier known as Admiral Gorshkov) is based. Now, the base has India’s first ship-lift facility, which will be ship-lifting submarines and warships for docking and undocking.

Closer to Pakistan, the base is akin to the US Navy’s sprawling Norfolk naval base in Virginia.

It gave the Indian Navy greater operational flexibility, which had to face significant security challenges for its Western fleet based in Mumbai in the 1971 India-Pakistan war. The shipping lanes of the commercial harbor of Mumbai were congested because of shipping traffic and fishing boats.

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Indian Navy, Kamorta Class Corvette INS Kiltan (P30) pictured recently on exercise with Malaysian Navy, Kasturi Class Corvette KD Lekir.

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Progress of Project Seabird at INS Kadamba visible - major upgrades, capability & capacity increase of this Indian Navy site are expected to enhance India's long term strategic & security interests across the Indian Ocean Region

Kamorta Class ASW Corvette INS Kiltan pictured at Cam Ranh Bay on May 11th 2024.