Category: Defense and Military Affairs
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POLITICAL RESURRECTION OF THE LAST BASTION by Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired)
REQUEST If you have political or influential connections please consider sending this article to them. I am open to different thoughts. This is just a mirror for people to see before getting into power; shortly after the election results. Kindly do not download this article and circulate it on other social media. It comes across…
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POLITICAL CRUMBLING OF THE LAST BASTION by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
The politicization of the last bastion of India is well and truly underway. The beeline of Armed Forces officers in joining a political party is just the latest milestone in this journey. More will follow. That…
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PINAKA – AN ANALYSIS OF SUCCESS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Pinaka is a multi-barreled rocket launcher capable of firing twelve 210 mm rockets in 44 seconds at a range of 38 km. In 2015, an Extended Range Unguided Pinaka Rocket was fired to a range of 55km using case bonded propellants. The rockets fell more than 500 m away from the intended target. Not…
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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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India – Future Hub of Defence, Aerospace and Disaster Management By Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired)
Raksha – Anirveda. Vol 01, Issue 4, Jan-Mar 2019. .http://www.raksha-anirveda.com/india-future-hub-of-defence-aerospace-and-disaster-management/ Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurating UP Defence Industrial Corridor (Launch of projects) in Aligarh MEGATRENDS: Certain discernible megatrends are impacting the Defence, Security and Disaster Management firmament. The first is that there is a growing shift in global economic power from West to East. Secondly, the rate…
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DEFENCE IN DISTRESS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
Wheels come off a Mirage aircraft after a refit by HAL and we lose two ace pilots. The Chief of Air Staff publicly states that supporting HAL affects IAF’s operational capabilities. The public views the increase in defence budget outlay as marginal, despite tall claims. The IAF may also be heading into a training crisis…
Gunners Shot 