Category: POLITICO MILITARY AFFAIRS
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India : The Emerging Third Pole By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published in The Print @ The US-led global order is tottering. It is India’s time to shine as a balancing ‘third pole’ As India has grown stronger, the term ‘non-aligned’ has morphed into ‘neutral’. There is also no doubt today that whoever India backs will ultimately be the heavier side. LT GEN P R SHANKAR […]
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The Big Military Drift by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published in The Financial Express @ The Big Military Drift Our erudite External Affairs Minister with his sharp-witted interjections has put many doubting interlocutors in their place. India has overtaken its erstwhile colonial master as the fifth largest economy and is on course to be the third largest by 2030. The world seems to […]
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Pre -Independence Day Musings in the Absence of Chief of Defence Staff By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
On 15 August 2019, our Prime Minister announced, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, that India will have a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). It was truly a historic announcement. Ever since the Kargil Review Committee recommended establishment of the post, no government took the decision on appointment of a CDS. No Government brought this […]
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The ‘Real Agnipath’ : Key Capability Enhancement
Also published @ https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/the-real-agnipath-key-capability-enhancement/2585425/ ‘Agnipath’ duly tweaked will come to stay. It is also apparent that current deficiencies in manpower will not be made up. The DNA of the Indian Army will transform – reduced manpower, reduced experience, and reduced age profile. The ‘Real Agnipath’ lies in the consequential transformation in capability enhancement and modernization […]
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The Best And Worst Of Times By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]
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ARMED FORCES NEED A BALANCED HEAD AND STRONG LEGS by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Refs :- https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2021/oct/doc202110501.pdf https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/04/agnipath-insiders-view-from-outside.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/04/agnivirs-of-agnipath-bottom-up.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/04/the-curious-case-of-missing-cds-by-lt.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/02/where-is-indias-second-cds-by-lt-gen-p.html Many articles have appeared on the post of the CDS being still vacant. Many articles have appeared on the proposed tour of duty concept of enrolment of soldiers for short tenures of three and five years. The CDS and Tour of Duty have a seminal connect in the defense, […]
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ORF Fellows Seminar on China's Military Civil Fusion
I participated in the ORF Fellows seminar on China’s Military Civil Fusion. The basic research paper was presented by Dr Manoj Joshi. It was a well researched paper and presented eloquently. Dr Amrita Jash of Manipal University and I were the co panellists. The proceedings of the panel are in the video below Every nation must […]
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Aatmanirbharta In Defence : An Independent Nodal Umbrella Body for Training, Trials, Testing and Certification by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ Financial Express Video of the presentation given during the Webinar Introduction A webinar on ‘Aatmanirbharta In Defence – Call To Action’ was held on 25 Feb 22 in which those who matter and deal with Defence in the Government and Industry gave their views, and exchanged them with others. There were four themes […]
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The Army Needs a Serious Rethink By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The Financial Express, reported that the capital budget allocation for the Indian Army has reduced from Rs 36, 481.90 to Rs 32,102 crore ( down by 12.2%). Even worse, Indian Army was able to spend just around 40% of its allocated budget. During the mid-year review itself the Army’s capital budget had been reduced. The […]
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Civil Military Fusion : An Indian Necessity By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Background All great nations have gone through a process of Civil- Military fusion. The industrial revolution and the colonial era is a story of Civil-Military fusion in Europe. Inventiveness in science and technology focussed on how it could make colonial militaries better equipped, lethal and more efficient. Each colonial power wanted a military machine […]
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