http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=68294 RAJU NAYAK Posted online: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 0149 hours IST
PANAJI, APRIL 12: The naval base at Goa will be expanded to make room for the Navyâs largest fleet of MiG-29Ks that the force plans to acquire soon.
Vice-Admiral Madanjit Singh said the Navy will first buy 40 of these aircraft at a cost of $32 million. The contract details will be worked out once the Russian-made aircraft carriers arrive in the country.
Altogether three aircraft carriers will be inducted by the Navy. The delivery of the first one is scheduled for 2007 and the other in 2008, the latter being a major modified carrier. The third one will be indigenously built and be available in the next 7-8 years.
Singh, who was at the INS Hansa base in Vasco to attend the Tropex 2005 â a major exercise being conducted by the Western Naval Command â also said that the Karwar base would be inaugurated on May 9.
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