Question: ABHYEDA was commissioned at which of the following Naval Station?
(a) INS Dwarka, Orkha
(b) INS Vajrakosh, Karwars
(c) INS Shivaji, Lonavala
(d) INS Kalinga, Visakhapatnam
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On 25th March 2019,Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of the Naval Staff commissioned a state of the art Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Training Facility – ABHEDYA, at INS Shivaji, Lonavala.
- M/s. GSL had signed the contract with Indian Navy for construction of NBCTF on 31st March, 2016, and delivered the facility before schedule.
- The steel structure of the simulator represents the relevant NBC compartment of the ship such as upper decks, citadels, cleansing stations, DCHQ, etc.
- The upper deck compartment is equipped with live agents along with NBC equipment such as SIRS, SICADS and other NBC detection and monitoring equipment.
- This unique facility will assist Indian Navy in providing realistic simulation of Nuclear, Chemical & Biological warfare to its personnel during their NBC damage control training, which till now was limited to theoretical training largely.