India opens naval facility
DefenseNews.com is carrying an Agence France-Presse article on the opening of an $8.13 billion naval base in Karwar, Karnataka, India. This is on the Arabian Sea side of India and marks a commitment to that ragion by India. The Russian carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be refurbed and sold to the Indian Navy and will be based there. By 2010, Karwar should also have an aircraft base.
This is a big, big move by India. With China’s military expansion and ever-increasing demand for oil, this base is strategic on a global level. India just jumped up a few notches on the global importance scale.
June 6th, 2005 at 2:48 pm
India wants to position themselves to cut off their (maybe??) rival’s oil supply? DO they want to try to counter the USN with it’s presence in region? And how far is that from Diego Garcia?
June 6th, 2005 at 2:51 pm
I don’ think India’s huffing’ up against the USN. I think it’s just along the lines of them pulling themselves further out of third-world status.
June 30th, 2005 at 9:42 am
[…] Remember the new Indian naval facility on the Arabian Sea? If its not already there, India will take a place alongside Britain, Japan, China and the United States as a major naval power. My immediate thoughts are this: […]
November 8th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
well india is a great imerging power now and within 10 years it can easily cope up with the US and trust me if someone thinks india is still the borders of the third world then i am sure he/she is in the third world or maybe in the stone age
i think admiral gorshkov will be a major breakthrough of the India Navy