Gunners Shot

The End of China’s 100 Year Marathon By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

China’s 100-Year Marathon Towards Global Domination is ‘Out Of Breath’; Future Appears Rocky From 2030 Published in The Eurasian Times @ https://www.eurasiantimes.com/chinas-100-year-marathon-towards-global-domination-out/ There is lot of chatter about China’s economic woes. Everyone has a view of what has gone wrong with the Chinese economy. Most of these analysts were in the chorus cheering China’s 100-year…

THE STROM IN A TEACUP ABOUT THE TOWED GUN SYSTEM

There is a lot of hype based on misinformation about the Army’s plan to induct a lighter towed gun system which is better suited for the mountains and can adapt to futuristic requirements on the battle field. This video clarifies all this including trashing social media activism.

Fallout of The India Canada Spat

The discussion with Maj Gen Harsha Kakar (R) was free flowing and covered a wide range of issues in the India Canada spat. The audience interest was high and the questions were very good.

Trouble in the South China Sea

There is trouble brewing in the South China Sea between China and Philippines. There have been two face offs already. The second one has seen the Fillipinos take a resolute stand. Things might hot up. Need to keep a watch.

Will Overhauling The DRDO Ensure Atmanirbharta?

Lt Gen Anil Ahuja and I had an informed discussion on the government proposal to overhaul DRDO. It was logical and well grounded. This was the first in the series. More will come. Unless we have more perspectives the issues at stake will not be clear . I do hope that the comittee which is…

Looking Ahead in Manipur

This was the second CASA webinar on the Manipur crisis. The discussion was positive, open and frank. A lot of causative factors were discussed and broad options emerged. Many of them are doable. The most important issue is that the problem of Manipur has to be solved through a constitutional mechanism externally. The internal mechanisms…