Category: Defense and Military Affairs
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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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बौद्धिक मध्यस्थता की बिल्ली को घंटी बांधना By Lt Gen P.R Shankar (R)
बौद्धिक मध्यस्थता की बिल्ली को घंटी बांधना By Lt Gen P.R Shanker Posted on 2 weeks ago 0 second read 0 19 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on Pinterest Share on Linkedin Share on Tumblr https://www.aajsamaaj.com/editorial/विचार-मंच/tying-a-bell-to-a-cat-of-intellectual-mediation श्री मोहन गुरुस्वामी द्वारा लिखित लेख मिलिट्री मेडियोरिटी – हू विल बेल…
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Why Corporatisation of Ordnance Board is a Must By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published @ https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/aug/11/why-corporatisation-of-ordnance-board-is-a-must-2181746.html On 16th May 2020 the Government announced the decision to corporatize OFB to improve its autonomy, accountability and efficiency. It evoked overwhelming response from the Armed Forces who felt that the step was overdue but suboptimal. Almost everyone wanted the OFB to be privatised on a PPP model. Simultaneously there were discordant notes from within OFB. The feedback indicated…
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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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Belling the Cat of Intellectual Mediocrity By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @https://thedailyguardian.com/belling-the-cat-of-intellectual-mediocrity/ An article titled ’Military Mediocrity – Who Will Bell The Cat’ by Mr Mohan Guruswamy is doing the social media rounds.( published in the citizen.in). It paints the Indian Armed Forces leadership in poor light. Casting aspersions on the leadership of the Armed Forces, at present, sows doubt in the minds of common people. Is the safety, security…
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Demand for Fact-finding Grossly Premature by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Demand for fact-finding grossly premature & unfair as situation still volatile in eastern Ladakh July 10, 2020, 5:32 PM IST P R Shankar in Voices | India | TOI published @ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/demand-for-fact-finding-grossly-premature-unfair-when-situation-still-volatile-in-eastern-ladakh/ 144 veterans have addressed a joint statement to the President, PM, RM, CDS and Chiefs of Services drawing attention to the failure in the political, civil, and military establishments, especially in…
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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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LESSONS IN MILITARY LEADERSHIP FROM USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
This article may kindly be read in conjunction with my earlier articles @ https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/06/generally-on-generals-by-lt-gen-p-r.html and https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/political-crumbling-of-last-bastion-by.html The Need to Examine ‘Theodore Roosevelt’ Incident Military leadership has been a subject of debate for long. The leadership conundrum in the Armed Forces is beautifully brought out in Herman Wouk’s classic – ‘The Caine Mutiny’. In the same context, the ‘Theodore…
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ARMED FORCES AT 58 AND ASPIRATIONAL YOUNG INDIA AT 70 by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The feedback I got on the article ‘1/3rd Fauji Retirement at 58‘ [1]was illuminating and educative. It brought forth some fundamental issues which are relevant and must be considered before a case is taken up to increase the age of retirement of 1/3rd of the Armed Forces to 58. However, there are issues beyond that. That…
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