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	A base for a blue-water navy
		INS Kadamba in Karwar, India's first naval base with a port controlled exclusively by the Navy, and the biggest of its kind this side of the Suez, is all set to be commissioned.
		INS Kadamba will allow naval ships to come in, be berthed, shiplifted, dry-docked, repaired and turned around - all crucial requirements if the Navy is to maintain the hull and structure of its 150-odd surface ships, support vessels and submarines in a high state of sea worthiness.
		INS KADAMBA is the fructification of an idea that was conceived in the early 1970s.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2211/stories/20050603002809000.htm (2142 words)

	Indian navy on the crest of a wave
		INS Kadamba, which is India's third operational naval base after Mumbai and Vishakapatnam, is the first to be controlled exclusively by the Indian navy.
		Situated at Karwar, 100 kilometers south of Goa, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, INS Kadamba is being described as the biggest base of its kind this side of the Suez.
		INS Kadamba meets a long-standing demand by the Indian navy for a naval base under its exclusive control.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1424860/posts (1574 words)

	Japan Focus Article
		Eleven ships can be berthed at Kadamba once the first phase of it is achieved; 22 ships after the second phase of construction will be completed around 2007, according to INS Kadamba's first Commanding Officer Commodore K.P. Ramachandran as reported in the international media.
		Since the flagship of Karwar, INS Kadamba is a Russian-built aircraft carrier with Russian-designed Mig-29 aircraft, India will rely on Moscow for a major portion of spare parts and maintenance in the short and medium run.
		Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on May 31 that the naval base INS Kadamba in Karwar, Karnataka state will protect the country's Arabian Sea maritime routes.
	japanfocus.org /article.asp?id=342 (2024 words)

	India to inaugurate largest naval base on Suez - Irna
		INS Kadamba is spread over 11,200 acres (4,480 hectares), and the base will encompass a 26-km stretch along the high water line of the seafront from Karwar Head in the north through the Baitkol, Kamath, Binaga, Kwada, and Belekeri Bays.
		INS Kadamba is the successful fruition of an idea that was conceived in the 1970s.
		The report said, INS Kadamba will need a budgetary allocation of Rs 400 crores every year over the next decade if it is to be propelled toward its full potential.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-234/0505240545125713.htm (565 words)

	The Hindu : National : INS Kadamba commissioned
		Christened INS Kadamba (after the famous fourth century dynasty) the base will provide the Navy with its first exclusive harbour (all others are essentially enclaves within a commercial port), a strategic depth of defence at sea, especially in the Arabian Sea, and its third operational base after Mumbai and Visakhapatnam.
		The Hindu : National : INS Kadamba commissioned
		Kadamba is also be the first port in India to have a shiplift and transfer system, thereby allowing ships (both military and merchant) to be berthed, lifted on to land, repaired and re-sailed in relatively short spans...
	www.hindu.com /2005/06/01/stories/2005060105071400.htm (1042 words)

	The Hindu : National : Karwar naval project takes off from May 31
		To be commissioned as Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kadamba (after the famous fourth century dynasty), the base, after the unfurling of the Naval ensign and the traditional "breaking of the commissioning pennant," will become India's third operational one after Mumbai and Visakhapatnam.
		Kadamba will be the first base/port in India to have a shiplift facility.
		Sandwiched between the craggy hills of the Western Ghats in the east and the Arabian Sea in the west, Kadamba is an ideal location.
	www.hindu.com /2005/05/22/stories/2005052200111100.htm (695 words)

	Kadamba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On May 31, 2005 Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee commissioned India's most advanced and first dedicated military naval base named INS Kadamba after the Kadamba dynasty, in Karwar.
		The Kadambas went on to build numerous Jain temples that are scattered around Banavasi, Belgaum, Mangalore, and Goa.
		Tiring of the endless battles and bloodshed, one of the later descendants, King Shivakoti adopted Jainism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kadamba (275 words)

	Winds of Change.NET: India's Big Naval Move: INS Kadamba
		India& giant new western naval base INS Kadamba was opened on May 31, with India& Defence Minister saying that it would protect the country's Arabian Sea maritime routes.
		Kadamba is an $8+ billion project that will become India& 3rd operational naval base after Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, and the first base under the sole control of India& Navy.
		This is a move that matters at a global-historical level.
	www.windsofchange.net /archives/indias_big_naval_move_ins_kadamba-print.php (467 words)

	INS Kadamba commissioned
		India's largest naval base, INS Kadamba, was commissioned on Tuesday in Karnataka's Karwar by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
		INS Kadamba will house some of the Indian Navy's most potent weapons -- destroyers, stealth frigates and possibly even the soon-to-be acquired Scorpene submarines.
		With the commissioning of this base, an important milestone has been achieved and the dream of the visionary former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi fulfilled, he added.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/31navy.htm (166 words)

	Strategic Significance of the Naval Base INS Kadamba
		In conclusion, INS Kadamba holds promise for the future and provides alternatives where none existed as far as Naval Operations were concerned.
		Thus the project that should have been completed many years ago finally was commissioned as INS Kadamba on the last day of May 2005.
		With the commissioning of INS Kadamba, a long overdue project has been completed to a certain extent.
	www.saag.org /papers15/paper1404.html (1370 words)

	Seabird on Course
		Project Seabird, which is likely to be christened INS (Indian Naval Ship) Kadamba once it is commissioned, will be the Navy's third major port after Mumbai and Visakhapatnam from where it can locate and manoeuvre its operational fleet.
		The first phase, costing Rs.2,480 crores, is to be open for ships in January 2005, with its commissioning scheduled for May that year.
		The Indian Navy may be the seventh largest in the world, but all its bases are located within commercial ports.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /NAVY/Articles/Article18.html (2177 words)

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