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Article: Indian Navy commissions naval air station in southern India
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- March 27, 2009
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Indian Navy commissions naval air station in southern India
NEW DELHI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- In the aftermath of the Mumbai
terror attacks which exposed the vulnerability of India's coastline,
the Indian Navy has commissioned a naval air station at Uchipuli in
Tamil Nadu, to monitor the waters in southern India, the Indian Navy
announced.
"INS Parundu (navy station) will keep a close watch over South
East Bay of Bengal, Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar and augment efforts
of the naval and coast guard surface units in the area ...