Month: November 2020
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THEATERISATION – ARE WE READY? BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Earlier articles on Theatrisation PRICKLES OF THEATRISATION OF COMMANDS @ The Prickles of Theaterisation of Commands By … – Gunners Shotpalepurshankar.blogspot.com › 2020/03 › the-prickles-… SHAPES OF THEATRES @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/02/shapes-of-theatres-by-lt-gen-p-r.html The COAS says that the process of theatrisation will be deliberate, thoughtful and well considered. I agree with him. It needs to be that way. I also agree…
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Near Space Surveillance and Beyond by Lt Gen P R Shankar (retd)
This is an article I wrote two years back. After reading through all the literature about the Armenia- Azerbaijan conflict and the on going standoff with China in Eastern Ladakh, I am convinced that we need to expand our horizon of thinking in using the atmosphere for surveillance purposes. This is a new dimension which needs to be…
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THE CHINESE MEDIA SOAP ON ITS THREE CARD TRICK by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
THE CHINESE MEDIA SOAP ON ITS THREE CARD TRICK Ever since my last article on the Chinese Three Card Trick, there have been a set of events – seemingly unconnected but enough to set me thinking. Things did not jell. I shared my apprehension with Lt Gen Ata Hasnain also. We concluded that one will have…
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Pakistan’s Societal Fracture By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier Articles of Similar Genre on Pakistan Pakistani Insights A Day in the Life of an Ordinary Pakistani The New Formula Dawn in a Dusk in Pakistan As a nation, Pakistan is a far cry from where it started. Jinnah, had famously said “You are free; you are free to go to your temples.…
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ANALYSIS OF A FAKE MICROWAVE OVEN AT LADAKH by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
THIS ANALYSIS IS A SORT OF ‘MICROWAVE WEAPONS FOR DUMMIES’ KIND. EASY TO GRASP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY BEYOND A POINT The Chinese Claim Jin Canrong, a professor of international relations at Beijing’s Renmin University claimed that China…
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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM – THE CHINESE THREE CARD TRICK by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier Articles In Series Sino Indian Logjam – A Review @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/08/sino-indian-logjam-review-by-lt-gen-p-r.html No Go For China in the Logjam @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/no-go-for-china-in-logjam-by-lt-gen-p-r.html Sino Indian Logjam : Aim, Capability and Environmental Analysis @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-aim-capability-and.html Sino Indian Logjam : Facts, Risks, Options and the Sum of all Fears @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-facts-risks-options.html Sino Indian Logjam: The Winter Haul @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/10/sino-indian-logjam-winter-haul-by-lt.html As Ladakh…
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INDO US STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP : A REALITY CHECK by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
HAPPY DEEPAWALI TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY The Basic Architecture The India-U.S. bilateral cooperation is broad-based. Its vista is multisectoral – trade and investment, defence and security, education, science and technology, cyber security, high-tech, civil nuclear energy, space technology and applications, clean energy, environment, agriculture and health. The India-U.S. Dialogue Architecture consists of a high level…
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PAKISTANI PERFIDY REPEATED IN GILGIT AND BALTISTAN BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
This is an old map. Only to highlight certain issues. Pakistan recently declared that Gilgit and Baltistan will be its fifth province. It has announced its decision to hold the GB Assembly elections on November 15. It is an illegal step. It is a repeat act by Pakistan during Independence when the area was usurped illegally with perfidy. It has major…
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PAKISTANI INSIGHTS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
Hello folks ….this is another attempt at honest plagiarism…best let Pakistanis describe their own situation… Something I discovered…for anything in Pakistan there is a precedence and there is a cartoon for it which says everything better than most words. The opening partnership in Pakistan is continuing unabated. Run rate is slow. However the pace is fast and…
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THE GLOBAL ORDER IS BROKEN! LONG LIVE THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER! BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/the-global-order-is-broken-long-live-the-global-order/ Everything Comes in Threes! Three gentlemen broke the world order. Xi Jinping’s surrealistic ambition of Chinese world domination and aggressive behavior was unacceptable to the world. Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ plan forced USA to walk away from global leadership. Johnson’s ‘Brexit’ broke EU solidarity and dashed hopes of an alternative…