Month: January 2020
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THE OPPORTUNITY GIVEN BY THE DEMONS OF PAKISTAN BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Disappearing K Word When article 370 was abrogated on 05 Aug 19, Pakistan and its Prime Minister Mr Imran Khan went ballistic. They predicted war and nuclear holocaust. They predicted mass bloodshed when restrictions were lifted in Kashmir. They promised to stand by their Kashmiri brethren through thick and thin. They predicted an Intifada. In…
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A FLASHBACK ON CHINAS GROWING CLOUT IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS by Lt Gen PR Shankar (retd)
This is essentially a throw back on my article which examined the Question Is China A Superpower? https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/01/is-chinas-power-super-by-lt-gen-p-r.html China is India’s Number One Enemy. George Fernandez, India’s Defence Minister 1. In 2002 the topic of my dissertation during the Higher Command Course was ‘China’s Growing Clout in International Affairs with Particular Reference to its Political,…
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IIT MADRAS AT DEFEXPO 2020, LUCKNOW
Defexpo 2018 at Chennai IIT Madras entered the field of defence on its own steam in Apr 18. It established a stall in the Defexpo 2018 in Chennai. Many of its students and faculty got their first exposure to the exciting world of aerospace and defense. It even held a seminar in the event. However,…
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IS CHINA'S POWER SUPER? BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
Read this for a flashback twenty years ago when China’s clout was expanding https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-flashback-on-chinas-growing-clout-in.html?m=1 Worldwide, people talk of an American dream. If I moved to the US, I could become “American” and my children would certainly be Americans. But moving to China would not make me or my children Chinese. Would it? Is there a China…
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THE HUAWEI HORSE TROJANNING INDIA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Trojan Horse The Achaeans battered their heads against the walls of Troy and were continuously repulsed for a decade. The breakthrough came when they used the Trojan Horse to breach the defenses of Troy through subterfuge and then destroyed the city and slaughtered its people completely. That is an old fable. Nothing new. In…
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MILITARY LESSONS FROM A STALEMATE BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR ( R)
The US- Iran Spat in Brief On 31 Dec 2019, supporters of Iran backed militia attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. It was in retaliation to an US airstrike on a camp of an Iran backed Hezbollah offshoot group which resulted in the death of 25 fighter’s [1]. USA retaliated by an armed UAV attack…
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WAR WAGING WAYS By LT GEN P R SHANKAR ( R )
The targeted killing of Maj Gen Soleimani through a drone attack has set the social media abuzz. However, this comment by one veteran was reflective of our situation. “See the use of modern intelligence used to kill a general. I hope they do the same with ISI generals. We just talk, we cannot do it.…
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THE WIDER NATIONAL PROBLEM BEYOND PINAKA By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
WISHING ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR The Comment “Long range artillery aided with precision can be a suitable complement for air-power and lack of fighter sqns of the IAF. The precision and low cost should be enough for us to procure the same. The precision element included in long range rockets will also…