Category: GENERAL MILITARY AFFAIRS
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GUNNERS SHOT HITS THE MILLION MARK
IT GIVES ME A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE THAT ‘GUNNERS SHOT‘ HAS HAD ITS ‘MILLIONTH VIEWER’ TODAY MORNING. PLEASE SEE THE TABLE BELOW. I STARTED THE BLOG IN MARCH 2019 WHEN SOME OF MY ARTICLES WERE REJECTED BY NATIONAL MEDIA AND REPUTED PLATFORMS.…
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A LANDSCAPE FOR DEFENCE EXPORTS By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published in The Daily Guardian and CENJOWS @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=395 A birds eye view indicates conflict zones are in Africa, Middle East, West Asia, South Asia and the South China Sea. Major defence spenders will also be in this region. India is central to these zones. Recent Chinese aggression and assertion has driven up security…
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DAP: Examination of the Strategic Partnership (SP) Model By Lt Gen PR Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=372 And https://thedailyguardian.com/defence-acquisition-needs-to-be-streamlined-now/ The Indian Army is making incremental, but confused, progress in upgrading its depreciated artillery profile that has languished gravely since the import of Bofors howitzers in the late 1980s as per Rahul Bedi in Hindu in 2014. In 2020, the same Hindu reports that the Defence Ministry will introduce import embargo…
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EVOLVING INTO A TANK FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BY | LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=368 and @https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/11-august-2020/ The current Sino Indian standoff has highlighted the lack of a suitable tank for high altitudes.The tank is required not only for defending our territory but also for carrying out any offensive into China. Unless we pose a credible offensive threat to China, our territory will always be subject to salami…
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Outline of a Counter UAV Philosophy By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Article Published in the USI Journal Period: January 2020 – March 2020 Abstract The employment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in war and peace is proliferating rapidly. These are being used for offensive and defensive roles, to include surveillance, attack and logistics, besides other complimentary tasks. They are changing equations of conflict as was evident in…
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TRACKS CHANGING FOR INDIAN ARMED FORCES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Pandemic Effect The Pandemic is a watershed event of 21st Century. The eventual normal is more than 4-5 years away. In between there will be many false normals. Major upheavals in geopolitics, economies and lifestyles on the cards. While the Indian economy is under the pump, this period also represents a period of economic…
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Response to Mr Nitin Pai's Opnion on Politicisation of Armed Forces by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Dear Mr Nitin Pai, I read with interest your opinion piece in The Print titled Dont Politicise Indian Armed Forces. Just Look at What it Did to Our Police. I agree with your fundamental idea that the Armed Forces should not be politicized. However, the premise that “Deployment of Armed Forces in Jammu & Kashmir over…
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A Differing Opinion on How New Military Bases Could Seed New Cities and Create Jobs by Lt Gen P R Shankar (r)
Dear Mr Nitin Pai, I read your opinion piece in live mint about how new military bases could seed new cities and create jobs with great interest. ( https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/opinion-how-new-military-bases-could-seed-new-cities-and-create-jobs-1558885126976.html) Your fundamental idea of creating a win-win situation is good. The idea that Armed Forces can move out of existing areas in cities and resettle 30—40 km…
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STUFF HEROES ARE MADE OF
THIS IS A NARRATION OF A REAL LIFE HERO BY LT GEN SATISH DUA (RETD) WHO WAS HIS CORPS COMMANDER ‘Sir I want to be with the boys’ said a 24 year old officer, refusing to go home on sick leave when I met him at Base Hospital at Srinagar with a jaw broken by…
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