Gents,
Can you please corroborate this story. This guy is on a friend's board and I just got email from him regarding the same.
He claims to be a Indian Naval Aviator retired and this is his story. I find this whole assertion and multitude of things he has done, or so he claims as ludicrous and dont believe that he belongs to the Indian Navy.
"speaking about the speeds attained by Vikramaditya"
Can you please corroborate this story. This guy is on a friend's board and I just got email from him regarding the same.
He claims to be a Indian Naval Aviator retired and this is his story. I find this whole assertion and multitude of things he has done, or so he claims as ludicrous and dont believe that he belongs to the Indian Navy.
I have fired guns in anger and killed. I know what happens when bullets fly thick and fast. The LTTE guys I killed, had urinated or shitted in their pants when we recovered their bodies.
Regarding my carrear in IN, I joined INS Sindhudurg on 01 Jan 1987 as a Midshipman and took part in Ops Brasstacks & topped the western command to bcum a commissioned officer. I joined AFA on 27th June 1987 & I got my wings on 11th June 1988 at AFA, dundigul and was posted as a fighter pilot in INAS-551 in Goa..
I used to be the ORO (Operations Room Officer) of INS Gomati in 1990 and also its EW officer and it was a pain to differentiate these boats from false targets to real targets as they never painted steadily on radar till they were really close.
Regarding my carrear in IN, I joined INS Sindhudurg on 01 Jan 1987 as a Midshipman and took part in Ops Brasstacks & topped the western command to bcum a commissioned officer. I joined AFA on 27th June 1987 & I got my wings on 11th June 1988 at AFA, dundigul and was posted as a fighter pilot in INAS-551 in Goa. in IN we all have to do sea service in each rank. I did my watchkeeping ticket on INS Gomati in 1990 during that time I was Ships EWO, LSO and ORO as part of primary duties and also incharge of wine store of the ship besides being the Hindi officer as part of secondary duties. During this time I took part in few clandestine ops as part of ships crew and that included a near nuke war in 1990. I was adjudged the best junior officer of western fleet in Mar 1991. I was posted to IAF-20 sqn after that in 1991 and returned to IN in 1992 to convert to SH.
I was posted to western command again in 1994 on board INS Ranvijay and it was than that I did the course as counter intel officer in MUMBAI and while remaining posted on Ranvijay, I was acting directly under Command intel team as an intel officer.During this period I prosecuted an officer and also acted as friend of the accused to save another officer clean from court martial. I went back to flying in 1995 & I left IN in Aug 1996. So you see, I have been a part time lawyer also and a very successful at that with 100% record. so what if it was just two cases long.
I was posted to western command again in 1994 on board INS Ranvijay and it was than that I did the course as counter intel officer in MUMBAI and while remaining posted on Ranvijay, I was acting directly under Command intel team as an intel officer.During this period I prosecuted an officer and also acted as friend of the accused to save another officer clean from court martial. I went back to flying in 1995 & I left IN in Aug 1996. So you see, I have been a part time lawyer also and a very successful at that with 100% record. so what if it was just two cases long.
As a prelude to reguler Malabar excercises with USN, my ship did a small excercise with USN in BOB in 1990. We were on their starboard bow and than we were asked to take RAS station. Replishment at sea station. My CO was a hot rod. He took over the Con himself and being his oow, I was reduced to taking orders from him. He ordered a series of instructions-Stop steam Gens, Start DAs, revolutions 220 on both, hard starboard, OOW give me distance from ship. AND he did a 360* turn without letting the bearing of US ship go ahead. We got into station of 120 feet with US ship without overshooting or undershooting him. The US CO was so impressed that he stated-In his entire life he had not seen such control of a manouever of a ship which he saw that day.
I narrated this to highlight the fact that we Indians are capable of much better things and we shud not let our energies be sapped in for stupid causes.
I narrated this to highlight the fact that we Indians are capable of much better things and we shud not let our energies be sapped in for stupid causes.
The GOI controlled media called it 32knots. I know that for a ship of this size and non-nuke propulsion, 32 kts is too high a speed.
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