In a recent tweet gone viral, the internet witnessed a photo of a heartwarming letter from a lieutenant commander seeking for marriage permission and blessing from his senior. Lt Cdr Purushottam B Bhardwaj playfully informed Captain Ravi Kumar about his time to “drop the hook” and that he couldn’t turn away from the “marriage torpedo”. Along with the citizens gushing on the internet, coworkers and aspirants felt the joy of the tradition too.
The recent release of India’s first aircraft carrier ship was a huge accomplishment for the Indian navy; however, the carrier is already lagging behind against the largest navy in the world, the Chinese PLAN. The carrier, which will be operational after 2023, is a generation behind China’s most recent ship, the Fujian, which is far larger and can launch aircrafts at a much faster speed via electromagnetic slingshots. With India joining the QUAD, tensions of a future conflict with China will not give the nation a chance of competing.
Indian defence services are looking into bringing aboard 30 MQ-9B drones, an advancement of the MQ-9 “Reaper” used for missile launches in Afghanistan against al-qaeda leader, from the US. This alleged discussion took place between India and US ministries in April 2022. The purpose to invest such hefty drones is to tighten surveillance upon the eastern Ladakh areas after China’s invasion in Galwan Valley, as well as to look upon the parameters of the Indian Ocean region. These drones, with 35 hours of air capacity, loading space of 4 Hellfire missiles and 450kg of explosives, are built with advanced technology of sustaining for long durations.
India received its first ever USNS for repair on August 7th, leading conclusions of a diplomatic friendship initiated by US towards Indian Navy. The vessel sent by USNS is Charles Drew, 689 feet long and 41,000-ton displacement, was welcomed by the Indian Defence Secretary to Chennai’s Kattupalli shipyard to spend 11 days of repairing. Senior officers of the Indian Navy and staff of the US cargo greeted each other on the occasion.
