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INS Jatayu

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The Indian Navy commissioned a new naval base, INS Jatayu, in the Minicoy Islands of Lakshadweep.

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INS Jatayu is India’s forward operating naval base in the Arabian Sea, acting as India’s sentinel and a primary responder to the escalating threats.
INS Jatayu is India’s second naval base in Lakshadweep after INS Dweeprakshak in Kavaratti.
Other key forward-operating bases and radar stations in Lakshadweep include INS Androth, INS Bitra, and INS Minicoy.
- Minicoy Islands is the southernmost island of Lakshadweep, about 215 nautical miles southwest of Kochi, which straddles the vital Sea Lines of Communications (SLOCs).

Fact Box: The Lakshadweep Islands

Lakshadweep is an archipelago of 36 islands located between 220 km and 440 km from Kochi.
The islands, only 11 of which are inhabited, have a total area of only 32 sq km.
The Lakshadweep are part of a chain of coralline islands in the Indian Ocean that includes Maldives to the south, and the Chagos archipelago farther beyond, to the south of the equator.

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