Dear Gilbert,
Very good, Gilbert! very Good indeed! That is what the Indian Navy should be
doing and getting better and better at the job, where crores have been
invested. Congratulations to the Navy!
But surely, you will agree that all this and more can be acheived from Sea
Bird, and not from Dabolim. Sea bird was deliberately built at Karwar, and
Dabolim was not selected then as The Sea Bird mBase for the Navy.
So why is the Navy not moving to Karwar, on their own. More so, you should
tell the Navy big wigs whom you are familiar with, to get the hell out of
Dabolim, and move to Sea Bird in Karwar, which is the base for the Navy to
Fly! Let Dabolim remain solely for civilian uses in peace time. I hope you
will not let Goa down. Goa needs Dabolim all for herself and never Mopa.
Nascimento Caldeira
Melbourne
Down Under.
From: "gilbert menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@goanet.org>
To: goanet@goanet.org
Subject: [Goanet] indo-french exercises
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 22:30:29 +0530
Hi,
Im just an old navy veteran minding my own business and sitting under
the shade of an old coconut tree at 0940 this morning in South Goa,
sipping my coffee and keeping out of my wifes way, and trying to avoid
all those contentious debates on Goanet as well, when I hear the
scream of jets overhead and watch 2 fighter bombers overfly my house
at low level. My eyes are still good enough to recognise them as
SUPER ETENDARTS of the French Navy, based on the carrier CHARLES DE
GAULLE, flying seaward, after a low level strike on Dabolim airport.
Whats happenned to our Navy, because there should have been 2 Sea
Harriers on their tails? Are they only playing Golf or football,or
sitting on their backsides, as Churchill Alemao and all his pals have
been saying to all the taxi drivers ,at all these *MOPA* public
meetings all over South Goa ?
Well, heres what I found out. The French carrier, which was 700 miles
NE of Goa, the night before, made a high speed dash towards Goa during
the night and launched 2 strikes of 4 aircraft this morning,to destroy
the runaway at Dabolim at a range of 250 miles from Goa.. Our Kamov
AWACS helicopter, which had been launched from the deck of one of our
frigates operating off Goa earler in the morning, detected the
incoming strike about 100 miles out of Goa, and 2 Sea Harriers , on
CAP, were vectored to intercept, which they succesfully did. The
French pilots were then permitted to have a close look at the Benaulim
and Colva beach , on their outward leg , back to the CHARLES DE
GAULLE.
Why do I write this? Three reasons-firstly, our Navy is the most
powerful in the region, and one which is admired worldwide as being
thoroughly professional. Secondly, we could never dream of seeing
foreign fighter aircraft overflying our territory--we are now getting
truly globalised, and India is taking its rightful place among the
comity of nations.
Lastly, as a Goan, Im proud that Goa is an important cog in our nations
defence.
regards, Gilbert Menezes.
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