{"id":64351,"date":"2025-09-20T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=64351"},"modified":"2025-09-20T14:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:05:09","slug":"ins-rajali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-rajali\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Rajali"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Rajali Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Navy\u2019s Eastern Naval Command recently hosted a two-day seminar on long-range maritime reconnaissance (LRMR) at INS Rajali, Arakkonam, underscoring India\u2019s growing maritime responsibilities and surveillance capabilities. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Rajali<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>Indian Naval Air Station<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located near <\/span><b>Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>commissioned <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on March 11, <\/span><b>1992<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was named as &#8216;Rajali&#8217;,<\/span><b> named after an aggressive bird of the Hawk family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>predominant in the Tamil Nadu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coastal belt.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The air station is spread over 2,200 acres and is located <\/span><b>80 km west of Chennai.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INS Rajali is the <\/span><b>most modern and largest Naval Air Station<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a <\/span><b>garrison strength <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>4,700 personnel.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It contributes towards two very distinct tasks &#8211;<\/span><b>Operations and Training.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It operates <\/span><b>under the Eastern Naval Command<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Indian Navy and has the <\/span><b>longest military runway in Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>home to the navy&#8217;s INAS 312 squadron<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which has been at the forefront of <\/span><b>maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare with the P8I.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from hosting the P8I fleet, it <\/span><b>also operates <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mq-9b-predator-drone\/\" target=\"_blank\">MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> providing a technological edge for high-endurance operations in the vast expanses of the Indian Ocean. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">INS Rajali is also<b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> home to the navy&#8217;s Helicopter Training School.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/defence.in\/threads\/indian-navy-marks-milestone-with-maritime-reconnaissance-seminar-at-ins-rajali.15571\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DEF<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Rajali is an Indian Naval Air Station located near Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu. 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