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INS Baaz surveillance role
The government decides to build a new ₹13,000-crore greenfield civil-military airport under the Great Nicobar project instead of expanding the existing naval airfield at INS Baaz.
INS Baaz (Indian Naval Air Station):
| Dimension | Key Details |
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| Location | It comprises an Indian naval air station located near Campbell Bay, on Great Nicobar Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
| Commissioning | It is established on July 31, 2012. |
| Status in Nicobar Islands | It comprises the first air station in the Nicobar Islands. |
| Armed Forces status | It comprises the southernmost air station of the Indian Armed Forces. |
| Command | It is governed by the joint-services Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) of the Indian Armed Forces. |
| Operational role | It provides for intelligence gathering, surveillance, and reconnaissance across vast areas of the Indian Ocean. |
| Maritime geography relevance | Its location provides for oversight of the Strait of Malacca and the Six Degree Channel between Great Nicobar and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. |
| Aircraft operations | It provides for basing the Indian Navy’s Dornier Do 228 reconnaissance aircraft, and operation of the Indian Air Force’s C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. |
| Runway | It comprises a runway measuring 3,500 feet (1,100 m). |