Category: Sino Indian Conflict
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The Clear and Present Chinese Threat
By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R) ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/the-clear-and-present-chinese-threat/2948267/ Xi Jinping has stressed on intent and military readiness in this context during the 20th Party Congress in October 2022. Ever since the violent faceoffs in Eastern Ladakh, it was pretty clear that India is the greater politico military priority […]
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‘We Can’t Fall Prey To Chinese Strategy on LAC’
By ARCHANA MASIH , January 02, 2023 10:39 IST Part 2 of my interview with ARCHANA MASIH @ https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/general-p-r-shankar-we-cant-fall-prey-to-chinese-strategy-on-lac/20230102.htm . Part 1 of the Interview is @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/22/an-interview-with-rediff-com-on-yangtse-faceoff/ ‘We must understand that the LAC is a political issue for China, so any action on the LAC will keep India focussed on the LAC which gives China […]
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A Discussion on The Multi Domain Threat to India
This discussion is based on my article Multi Domain Threat Beyond Yangtze @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/29/the-multi-domain-threat-beyond-yangtse-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar-r/ Aadi and I had an interesting discussion on The Multi Domain Threat to India from China. The QnA was mature and interesting
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The Multi Domain Threat Beyond Yangtse by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/the-multi-domain-threat-beyond-yangtse/2930533/ War is politics with blood shed Politics is war without blood shed ……Mao The Yangtse incident, when examined, against the back drop of the politico military objectives of China, Xi Jinping’s persona, decline of China and relative rise of India indicates that India needs to be prepared for the next […]
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Looking Beyond Yangtse
Also Publihsed in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/looking-beyond-yangtse/2927052/ General The recent attempt by PLA to dislodge the Indian piquet at Yangtse is without doubt a plan conceived at the highest level in China. Why did Xi Jinping attempt this? There are many reasons which I have put forth in many of my articles. A successful […]
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An Interview With Rediff.Com on Yangtse Faceoff
‘India is China’s prime military target’ By ARCHANA MASIH December 22, 2022 09:54 IST Published @ https://m.rediff.com/news/interview/india-is-chinas-prime-military-target/20221222.htm ‘On the LAC, China can undertake military action at any place with much fewer resources. It can do ‘salami slicing’.’ “If China enters Taiwan, there’s a chance it might get entangled with the USA, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, […]
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DD Dialogue : Decoding Chinese LAC Aggression
Participated in a panel discussion on the Yangtse Incident on DD Dialogue.
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The Larger Chinese Strategy in Tawang
Published also in The Sunday Guardian @ https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/tawang-clash-deliberate-pla-operation Also Read : L’Affaire Tawang @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/15/laffaire-tawang/ The recent face-off at Tawang is not a simple chance encounter between troops on a routine patrol. It was a deliberate operation by the PLA to dislodge our own post and get a foothold on a vantage point on the […]
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Beyond The Tawang Incident : A Discussion
Aadi and I had a free following discussion on the Tawang incident and issues involved beyond it. Had an interesting Q&A session. Also Please Read my article @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/15/laffaire-tawang/
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L’Affaire Tawang
Also published in THE INDIAN EXPRESS @ https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/tawang-incident-urgency-of-army-modernisation-reconsideration-of-ill-conceived-agnipath-8324532/ General P R Shankar writes: Tawang incident should drive home urgency of army modernisation, reconsideration of ill-conceived Agnipath Tawang was no regular face-off. It seems part of a well-planned strategy by China to change status quo on the line of actual control The 09 Dec ‘22 face-off on […]
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