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On March 22, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country's first submarine base named after her – BNS Sheikh Hasina – at Pekua in Cox's Bazar. Built at the cost of $1.2 billion, the submarine base can house six submarines and a number of warships. It has been constructed by China. Two Chinese-made submarines berth there.
The base's location, on the mouth of the Bay of Bengal, gives it clear access to the bay and the Indian Ocean. Submarines sailing from here would come very close to India's Andaman and Nicobar Command. Even Indian military assets at Vizag would
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