Month: February 2024
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How Banks Can Help Armed Forces Personnel
This is a must see for all Armed Forces Personnel and their families and dependents. It opened my eyes. How banks can help us and our men has been very well explained by Lt Gen Vinod Vashisht (R) methodically. He has dwelt on Sparsh and DSP extensively. A request to all faujis. If you cannot see…
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An Update and Open Session
In this update I clarified certain issues which had come up during our discussion on Pakistan Post Elections @ https://gunnersshot.com/2024/02/11/pakistan-post-elections/. Do we want a weak or a strong Pakistan as our neighbour? Neither. We need a Pakistan which is internally engaged with itself with very little time for India. That has been achieved by Pakistanis…
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Pakistan Post Elections
This discussion with Dr Tara Kartha, Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, Lt Gen Ata Hasnain(R) and Gautam Moorthy (R) was simply fantastic. We covered a lot of ground and many aspects of Pakistan which will define the country in the post election scenario. All pointers are that political instability will endure which will keep Pakistan internally occupied…
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Musical Chairs of Pakistan Elections
The elections are done in Pakistan but the picture is not clear. The post poll scenarios suggest a game of musical chairs which is all set to be played out. Which way the cookie crumbles is to be seen . All options are open.Mr Sree Iyer and I had a talk on this where we…
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INDIA’S CHANGED OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND DEFENCE PLANNING
The traditional 2.5 front has changed, wars have become hybrid, the battlefield dynamics have changed and, weapons systems which impact the battle field have changed. In such circumstances our defense planning must also change. Are we anywhere near doing it? Maj Gen R Narayanan (R) and I discussed all the issues connected with all these factors.…
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An Update From Srilanka By Anant Mishra
Anant Mishra is at present in Sri Lanka interacting with their top officials and think tanks. He talks of the mood in Sri Lanka and how people are coping with the situation there. Importantlly he talks of a slow but painful recovery and of hope which people express. He also talks of the desire in Sri…
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Indian War Strategists : Zorawar Singh and Lachit Bhorphukan
Col Channan (R) and I discussed the exploits of two military greats of the yore and what they did against odds. Gen Zorawar Singh carried out a military expedition into Tibet defying the elements of nature and maintained his offensive for well over four years to capture areas up to Skardu and the Western Tibetan…
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Development and Deployment of Unmanned Aerial Systems in India
Sandeep Unnithan, Editor News9 Live and I had a great discussion on unmanned aerial systems in India holistically. The procurement of the MQ9 Reaper from USA meets today’s requirement and is the need of the hour. However it represents a collective failure of our national security system in having foreseen the problem and doing nothing…
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INDIA USA RELATIONS : NEED FOR A NEW UNDERSTANDING
The global conflict scenario is changing fast and increasingly violent. The global commons are at risk these days. In such circumstances, the requirement is for a greater understanding between India and USA to develop a new architecture in tackling growing threats from the Iran -China-Russia-Pakistan axis as also non state actors. Brig Arun Sahgal and…
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THE SLOW COLLAPSE OF CHINA
China is either declining fast or collapsing slowly. Look at it any way- it is happening. That is what Maj Gen R Narayanan(R) and I discussed about. The fact of the matter is that India and the world needs to be prepared for this shift of global nature which is irreversible. Can not be an…
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