“Once it comes, INS Vikramaditya would be under the control of INS Karwar in Karnataka. Another aircraft carrier is in the making in Kochi now. Once it is commissioned, we will position it in Visakhapatnam,” he said. Indian Navy would also engage with the Japanese Coast Guard for a joint military exercise next month off the eastern coast, he added.
Earlier, he along with Puducherry Lt Governor Virendra Khataria reviewed various demonstration activities by seven naval ships—INS Shivalik, INS Satpura, INS Ranvijay, INS Khukri, INS Kulish, INS Khanjar and INS Jalashwa, as part of Navy Day celebrations.
Slithering by Marine Commandoes on board Navy's chetak helicopters and recently inducted surveillance aircraft P-81 were also part of the demonstration.
Over 3,000 guests, mostly family members of defence personnel, senior bureaucrats and journalists, also witnessed the four-and-a-half hour long demonstration, which happened some 25 nautical miles off Chennai coast.
