CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Retirement. The long range maritime patrol aircraft, Tu-142M, flew into the sunset today at INS Rajali, a naval air station in Arakkonam.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Navy launched ‘Arnala’, the first of the eight indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC), at the shipbuilding facility of L&T in Chennai’s Kattupall. Built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), ‘Arnala’ made its first contact with the water of the Bay of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Viraat was formally decommissioned on 6 March 2017. After the failure of plans to convert her into a hotel and museum, she was sold for scrap and planned to be broken up beginning in September 2020, but was put on hold by the Supreme Court of India after 40% of the body had already been scrapped.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Tu-142 was designed by the Tupolev design bureau, and manufactured by the Kuibyshev Aviation and Taganrog Machinery Plants from 1968 to 1994. Formerly operated by the Soviet Navy and Ukrainian Air Force, the Tu-142 currently serves with the Russian Navy. A Tu-142 of the Russian Navy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tu 142 Aircraft Museum Ticket Price: Adults pay Rs. 70 per person.