Month: July 2019
-
A FRAMEWORK FOR DEFENCE INTERACTION WITH IITS By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
This is an extension of my article Defence Technology – An Indian Conundrum KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. IT COMES FROM RESEARCH. RESEARCH GENERATES TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY OWNED IS CHEAP. TECHNOLOGY BOUGHT IS COSTLY From Oxymoronism to a Framework India lacks adequate defense technology. It needs to invest in defense R&D if it must be a power of reckoning.…
-
Defence Technology – An Indian Conundrum by Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
The US has a new command called the Army Futures Command which aims to modernise the Army. It had six priorities- long range precision fire, next generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift platforms, a mobile and expeditionary Army network,…
-
Pakistan – The Responsible State!
As a responsible state Pakistan will…, Grant consular access to Kulbushan Jadhav as per directions of ICJ. As a responsible state Pakistan will…, Arrest and keep Hafiz Sayeed in jail as per FATF requirements. He will be kept in the jailers bungalow with home made food. As a responsible state Pakistan will…, Agree to all…
-
INDIAN ARMED FORCES OR OLIVER TWISTS OF INDIA? BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (retd)
May I Have Some More? That was Oliver Twist’s classic question for which he got caned at the orphanage for asking for some extra gruel. 1.5 % of the GDP allocated for defence evokes hunger of the Oliver Twist variety in the Armed Forces who have been asking for more for from the Government for…