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  • Retooling for war in super-high altitudes : ARTICLE IN IINDIA TODAY

    I am honoured that this article was originally published by India Today  as part of a special DEFENDING INDIA edition @  https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/defence/story/20210621-retooling-for-war-in-super-high-altitudes-lt-gen-p-ravi-shankar-retd-1813375-2021-06-  Retooling for war in super-high altitudes  by Lt Gen. P. Ravi Shankar (Retd) The Indian Army has been on top of the threat from the plains. But it needs new technologies for operations at super-high…

  • SINO INDIAN LOGJAM : AIM REVISITED BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

    Please read in conjunction with these earlier articles to get a better overview Sino Indian Logjam : Aim Gone Astray @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/02/sino-indian-logjam-aim-gone-astray-by.html and  A Plan to Retake Pak Occupied Kashmir @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2019/09/a-plan-to-retake-pak-occupied-kashmir_15.html?m=1 A recent call from Mr Saurabh Kumar, our ex ambassador who consistently gives us rare and valuable insights into Chinese thinking set me thinking. We spoke of many…

  • ‘Come September’ In Afghanistan by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

     ‘Come September’ was a famous blockbuster tune of the 1960’s. What will be the tune ‘Come September’ in Afghanistan? Current Status  On 01 Jun, some violent incidents occurred in Afghanistan (as marked on the map). Such violence  routinely happen on any given day in the country. Give or take a few. Daily life in Afghanistan is…

  • Neighbourhood Watch : Srilanka, Nepal and Myanmar

    The ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ is beginning to become an interesting program. Even in its second edition, I have started enjoying it. There are so many interesting issues which are cropping up on our periphery.  In future we will be granulating matters  and coming up with greater clarity on our neighbours and their issues so that India can…

  • NO VACCINES NO GUNS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

    The other day I was reading about our vaccination program. It was to save India from the extreme debilitation of the Chinese virus. When the time of reckoning came the cupboard of the ‘pharmacy of the world’ was found bare. I also saw an interesting article on cricket in which an Australian player said that…

  • The Generals Speak : Future Of India-China Equations

    In this edition of The Generals Speak, Lt Gen Satish Dua, Aadi Achint and I discuss about various issues which will dominate the India China equation in the next five years. The idea was to identify the markers of the equation rather than trying to prescribe as to what should be done. We believed that…

  • प्रधानमंत्री को कौन बताएगा? BY Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

    Original Version is in English and is available @ Who Will Tell the Prime Minister https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/04/who-will-tell-prime-minister-by-lt-gen.html प्रधानमंत्री ने संयुक्त कमांडरों के सम्मेलन (सीसीसी) के मान्य सत्र को संबोधित करते हुए राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा प्रणाली में स्वदेशीकरण को बढ़ाने के महत्व पर बल दिया, न केवल उपकरण और हथियारों पर बल्कि सशस्त्र बलों में अभ्यास, प्रक्रियाओं और…

  • Don’t Burn the Last Bastion by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

    ‘Sir, will China invade us?’  ‘We hear China has increased activities on the border’. Chinese consolidation activities on the LAC have prompted such reactions and fears. Lot of such inquiries from citizens within and outside India. Why?  Bodies floating down Ganga, mass graves, lack of oxygen, medicines or hospital beds, botched vaccination program, uninterrupted work on Central…

  • THE COLLAPSING THIRD POLE By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

    Followup Reflections on  Governance by The Unelected @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/05/governance-by-unelected-by-lt-gen-p-r.html The leadership mantra When the problem is ignored, The problem becomes the leader and, The leader becomes the problem   …The WhatsApp University of Wisdom   In 2001, China was only slightly ahead of India on most metrics. Both were rising middle powers in the unipolar world…

  • The Neighbourhood Watch

    This is the inaugural session of Neighbourhood Watch. If India’s Neighbourhood First policy is to succeed, we must know and analyse what is happening in the neighbourhood. Neighbourhood Watch is an attempt to bring to all of you, as to what is happening around us with some analysis. In this inaugural session, Aadi Achint and…