World’s largest naval base east of the Suez Canal - Karwar
Q. Which is the world’s largest naval base east of the Suez Canal?- Published on 08 Jul 16a. Dwarka
b. Haikou
c. Karwar
d. Naval Station Norfolk
ANSWER: Karwar
- Together with INS Vajrakosh and INS Kadamba (another station 20 km away), the naval base at Karwar is spread out over 1000 acres making it - the world's largest naval base east of the Suez Canal.
- Project Seabird -1985, a 25000 cr project to build a naval base at Karwar which is to be commissioned from 2005 onwards. Phase I was INS Kadamba naval station and Phase II was INS Vajrakosh naval station.
- Karwar was chosen because - The Bombay and Cochin Harbours - the two major Naval stations in the Western Sea Board - are over-crowded with commercial traffic; It was thought to be out of range of Pakistan’s Airforce. (Not the case now); and from Karwar, deployment can be done simultaneously in a very short time.
- INS Vajrakosh has been inaugurated recently. INS Vajrakosh will be the biggest missiles, ammunition and spares dump on the Western Sea Board. It will be a station that will equip all warships and airplanes.
