On board the INS Viraat

The flesh is weak, but the spirit is strong

This is an archived blog post from The Acorn.

INS Viraat - Photo source: Janes

The age shows. But the spirit showed much more. The Indian navy lieutenant who showed visitors around had cancelled his home leave just so that he could sail on Viraat.

INS Viraat, along with four other ships from the Indian navy is on a goodwill mission to South East Asia.

Related Link: Return of the Viraat, a photo essay on the refitting of the Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier; and the soon to be inducted INS Vikramaditya (formerly, the Admiral Gorshkov).

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