What will happen if a super sports car races with a fighter jet? Internet has found the answer and we are truly thrilled.
The 44-second-long clip shared by Indian Air Force veteran Air Marshal Anil Chopra on Twitter has not only gone viral but has created the spectacular buzz for the drag race.
Media reports have confirmed that the video is genuine and that the Lamborghini Huracan indeed raced with Indian Navy’s MiG-29K.
The drag race took place at Goa’s Dabolim airfield recently. The race is part of a film that will be shown during the Navy Week in December later this year, defence news website Livefist reported on Sunday.
‘Today’s youth admire gadgets, fast cars and we want to inspire them to choose the Navy,’ an officer was quoted as saying by Times of India.
In India, this might be a novelty, but in the West such drag races are often held. Last year, a Formula One car was seen racing with MiG-29 fighter jet at the MAKS International Air Show.
In 2014, the then F1 champions Red Bull had lined up Daniel Ricciardo alongside a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet for a spectacular drag race.
Back home, the drag race is seen as a way to inspire youth to join Navy at a time when it is facing acute shortage of pilots.
There is a shortage of 274 pilots in the Army and the Navy, the Modi government informed the Lok Sabha in March.
In a written response to a question, Subhash Bhamre, minister of state in the defence ministry, said the sanctioned strength of pilots in the Army is 794, while it has 192 vacant posts.
The Navy has a sanctioned strength of 735 pilot and has 82 vacant posts.
“There is a marginal shortage of pilots in Indian Air Force against the authorised establishment. However, the available strength in the IAF is sufficient to meet the current operational requirements,” he said.
On a question whether the Navy has decided to increase its watch over Indian Ocean, Bhamre said the geo-strategic importance of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has seen a gradual increase in the recent past.
“The Indian Navy closely monitors the maritime areas if our interest and regularly deploys ships for Presence and Surveillance Missions (PSM), off critical choke points/ sea lanes in the IOR,” he had said.
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