Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #VIKRANT
Most recents (2)
She sailed the waves, and splashed from Portsmouth to Bombay, Malta to Mongla
Let's take you down a memory lane, as a new #VIKRANT is born
A THREAD on old gal Vikrant (R 11) and her war service during #Remembering1971.
Romance of old sailors and their ships.
🎥 @ndtv
Let's take you down a memory lane, as a new #VIKRANT is born
A THREAD on old gal Vikrant (R 11) and her war service during #Remembering1971.
Romance of old sailors and their ships.
🎥 @ndtv
The gallant sailor aviators who sailed on #Vikrant, flew from her decks, rested their butts in her belly, and nursed back to health, roared into the skies again.
The legend called a #Vikrant, as a new mightier Vikrant is born
@indiannavy
The legend called a #Vikrant, as a new mightier Vikrant is born
@indiannavy
Carrier Operations are not child's play, and the boys who came together to serve on her were a rare breed of her time- the Cobras and the White Tigers included.
#Vikrant nurtured and nourished all her son's.
#Vikrant nurtured and nourished all her son's.
#Reliving1971
On evening of 03 Dec 1971, then PM Smt Indira Gandhi announced-
''I speak to you at a moment of grave peril to our country...The Pakistan Air Force suddenly struck at our airfields in Amritsar, Pathankot, Srinagar, Avantipur, Utterlai, Jodhpur, Ambala & Agra''
(1/n)
On evening of 03 Dec 1971, then PM Smt Indira Gandhi announced-
''I speak to you at a moment of grave peril to our country...The Pakistan Air Force suddenly struck at our airfields in Amritsar, Pathankot, Srinagar, Avantipur, Utterlai, Jodhpur, Ambala & Agra''
(1/n)
The first hostilities had broken-out between India & Pakistan!
However, known to a few, Pakistani Submarine Ghazi was already on the prowl on the Eastern coast of India since end-Nov - its target, the aircraft carrier #INSVikrant - the pride of #IndianNavy (2/n).
#NavalArchives
However, known to a few, Pakistani Submarine Ghazi was already on the prowl on the Eastern coast of India since end-Nov - its target, the aircraft carrier #INSVikrant - the pride of #IndianNavy (2/n).
#NavalArchives
In fact, from 27 Nov onwards, PNS Ghazi hung around 5-10 miles off the harbour entrance, armed with torpedoes & mines, waiting for Vikrant.
Did Ghazi get its target? Or did Vikrant manage to counter the deadly submarine?
To know more, watch this space (3/n)
#SwarnimVijayVarsh
Did Ghazi get its target? Or did Vikrant manage to counter the deadly submarine?
To know more, watch this space (3/n)
#SwarnimVijayVarsh
