Month: November 2021
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FIREPOWER AND ARTILLERY : A FUTURISTIC PERSPECTIVE PART 4 : Firepower in The Indian Context
Today, the book Force in Statecraft, An Indian Perspective was released in the National Defence College, New Delhi. The book has chapters on various aspects of utilizing ‘Force’ as an instrument of national power. The panorama is vast and covers various aspects from nuclear to conventional to less than conventional operations in the land air and sea…
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INDIAN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY: A REVIEW BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
Originally published in Financial Express @https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/indian-military-technology-a-review/2367911/ Xi Jinping talks of ‘rejuvenation of the Chinese nation’ to ‘establish a community of common destiny’. Simply put, he seeks superpower status. To achieve it, China is undergoing an unparalleled military expansion and gearing to fight unrestricted ‘multi domain wars’. These wars will be beyond the ‘tangible’ domains of air, land…
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Chinese Bunker Mentality and Indian Options by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier analysis on China:- https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/the-chinese-bunker-wars-by-lt-gen-p-r.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/fire-power-and-artillery-futuristic.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/china-fire-breathing-dragon-or-sick.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/outlines-of-multi-dimensional-neo.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/09/the-chinese-wobble-part-3.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/mythical-dragon-real-china-by-lt-gen-p.html Pentagon’s report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China is being analysed widely; mostly from an US perspective. The report has significant issues for India. What is the broader Chinese picture and how does this report fit into the Indian environment ? What is the impact…
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The Chinese , Bunkers and Wars By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
“There is a bunker mentality in China right now” as per a report in New York Times. It strikes a chord. One gets into a bunker either when war is imminent or upon us. So what is the war that China is bunkering into? China took to the Multi Domain War concept like a duck takes to water. It…
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The Pakistan of Shaheeds, Ghazis and Niazis by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier Articles :- Naya Contours of Purana Pakistan Happiness is a Pakistani State of Mind I was reading up on the TLP fracas which is going on in Pakistan. I came across this great line – “Haar gaye toh shaheed, jeet gaye toh ghazi, surrender kar diya toh Niazi”. Familiar? Niazi’s and surrender in Pakistan are…
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FIREPOWER AND ARTILLERY : A FUTURISTIC PERSPECTIVE PART 3 : CHINESE OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS AND EMPLOYMENT OF FIREPOWER by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Part 1 : Preamble @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/firepower-and-artillery-futuristic.html Part 2 : Effects on Firepower in the Himalayas @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/fire-power-and-artillery-futuristic.html Operational Approaches In 2020, India and China came closest to war since 1962. There were unprecedented fatal and non-fatal causalities due to clashes in Galwan and Finger 4. Infantry and armour were in eyeball to eyeball confrontation mode. There were…
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