Month: February 2020
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SHAPES OF THEATRES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
At the outset I must confess that I have used the old dictum that a picture conveys a thousand words. Hence there is not much reading to do. Happy theaterisation! Having had the privilege and the good fortune of serving along almost of our borders including most parts of the LAC, some parts of the…
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ARMED FORCES AT 58 AND ASPIRATIONAL YOUNG INDIA AT 70 by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The feedback I got on the article ‘1/3rd Fauji Retirement at 58‘ [1]was illuminating and educative. It brought forth some fundamental issues which are relevant and must be considered before a case is taken up to increase the age of retirement of 1/3rd of the Armed Forces to 58. However, there are issues beyond that. That…
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1/3RD FAUJI RETIREMENT AT 58 by Lt Gen P R Shankar( r)
India Today says that as per General Bipin Rawat , the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the rise in budget outlay for pensions of armed forces personnel is “unsustainable” and three Services are conducting a study to analyse the feasibility of extending the retirement age of jawans till 58. The CDS is quoted to have…
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GARNERING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR INDIAN ARMED FORCES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
original article @ Raksha Anirveda There is a lot of discussion and action on Artificial Intelligence and other disruptive technologies and how they will impact warfare . The Chinese White Paper on defense at the very outset mentions that…
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Chinese Threat – A Reality Check By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R )
Authors Note My articles Modernising Armed Forces on Tight Budgets and Modernising Armed Forces on Contracting Budgets evoked good response. Lot of constructive suggestions. However, I get the feeling from feedback received, that pruning down forces is fraught with risk. Yes of course. There is risk. There is risk even when you cross a road. However,…
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MODERNISING ARMED FORCES ON CONTRACTING BUDGETS by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R )
BITE THE BULLET BOYS TIME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT Smell the Anasthesia As per Economic Times, the outlay for defense in the budget has been hiked by 5.8 % over the last year’s budget outlay. It is…