Month: December 2019
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Human Angles Of Defence Procurement
Image Courtesy: Ministry of Defence https://bharatshakti.in/human-angles-of-defence-procurement/ March 22, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar ( Retd); 13 Print Email Editor’s Note DPP 2016 was hailed as a path breaking document. It was meant to loosen the reins of an overbearing bureaucracy, usher in transparency, speed up the procurement process, provide impetus for FDI in defence and a…
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Are We Ready Across the Himalayas?
Image Courtesy: ACravan https://bharatshakti.in/are-we-ready-across-the-himalayas/ April 27, 2017; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired); 7 Print Email ARE WE READY ACROSS THE HIMALAYAS? In Sep 2015, China held a massive military parade in the Tiananmen Square to showcase its growing military might. Since then its actions in the South China Sea have been even more belligerent, to say the…
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The Future of Surgical Strikes
Image Courtesy: IBTimes https://bharatshakti.in/the-future-of-surgical-strikes/ May 06, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd); 1 Print Email EDITOR’S NOTE The bodies of a few of our soldiers were mutilated very recently by Pakistani Army personnel who had undertaken a cross-border operation. The hue and cry across the country that follows such ghastly incidents, increases the pressure on the…
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CPEC – The Chinese Carotid, Pakistani Jugular and an Indian Opportunity
https://bharatshakti.in/cpec-the-chinese-carotid-pakistani-jugular-and-an-indian-opportunity/ May 19, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd); 1 Print Email EDITOR’S NOTE The General, in a previous article in BharatShakti.in, had argued that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor was a carotid for China (https://bharatshakti.in/the-new-carotids-of-china/). However, it imposes huge costs on both China and Pakistan. For the Chinese the security of the corridor that passes through…
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The CPEC Fable – “China Punjab Economic Corridor” or “Colonise Pakistan Enrich China”?
The CPEC Fable – “China Punjab Economic Corridor” or “Colonise Pakistan Enrich China”? June 06, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired); 5 Print Email Editor’s Note In the General’s last article on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (https://bharatshakti.in/cpec-the-chinese-carotid-pakistani-jugular-and-an-indian-opportunity/), he had examined the mammoth project from an Indian viewpoint. In this article he reviews the project as perceived…
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China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Kashmiri Angles
https://bharatshakti.in/china-pakistan-economic-corridor-cpec-and-kashmiri-angles/ June 30, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar(Retired); 2 Print Email Editor’s Note The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is undoubtedly the showpiece of the grandiose Belt and Road Initiative of China, and is making news almost daily. In the author’s previous articles on CPEC ( https://bharatshakti.in/author/shankar-pr/), he had analysed what it would mean for various actors…
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Defence Planning – Different Approaches
https://bharatshakti.in/defence-planning-different-approaches/ December 02, 2016; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired) Print Email Editor’s Note The new DPP 2016 has been hailed as a path breaking document that will provide the right set of procedures and processes to drive our defence acquisition at the desired pace. However, it hasn’t quite been able to generate the momentum that…
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Better Buying Power For Defence Acquisitions In India
https://bharatshakti.in/better-buying-power-for-defence-acquisitions-in-india/ December 28, 2016; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired); 1 Print Email Editor’s Note We have already run an article on the acquisition process in UK by Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired). In this article the author takes a look at the model in use in USA. Central to the acquisition model in the US is the…
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Non-Contact Conventional Deterrence by Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
Original Article @ bharatshakti.in December 06, 2019; Editor’s Note The author addresses an issue that’s been debated less often. How to make deterrence stronger along the conventional axis? His reliance is more on precision and long-range artillery to cause attrition to counterforce targets. The capability enhancement in these areas has not kept pace with the emerging…
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MODERNISING ARMED FORCES ON TIGHT DEFENSE BUDGETS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Reality Check Is the Indian Economy in a slump or on a slow growth path? We could debate it. Either way the consequential reality will be that Armed Forces are up against tighter budgetary constraints. The other reality is that China and Pakistan seem to have no constraints on their defense allocations irrespective of their…
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