Category: India
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THE ROAD BEYOND 370 BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
A SIMPLISTIC APPROACH IN A COMPLICATED WORLD Preamble Abrogation of Article 370 has evoked national level discussion. The public debate has been of the history and at best the present. The valley has been shut down and…
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COUNTERING THE ONCOMING CHINESE ONSLAUGHT BY Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The second BRI Forum was recently held at Beijing (25-27 Apr 2019). In the first Forum, grandiose plans were announced and BRI took off like a tornado and suffered hiccups. Countries became wary of Chinese debt trap diplomacy and started reviewing their commitments with China. In the second forum, a chastened China had to reassure…
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REBUTTAL TO A REBUTTAL OF MY REBUTTAL OF THE ‘SPICE MISS’ THEORY AT BALAKOT
Today my day was made. After three weeks I got a response on my blog (https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-rebuttal-to-spice-miss-theories-at.html) on my views which I had expressed wherein I had proved beyond doubt that A. The Australian expert was flawed and probably biased. B. There was no way the Spice bombs would have missed at Balakot. The response I…
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STRATEGIC RESTRAINT VS SURGICAL STRIKES – A PAKISTANI VIEWPOINT BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
‘If only we conducted airstrike after 26/11 attack’: Nirmala Sitharaman[1] Debate is raging in the political, military, diplomatic and journalistic circles regarding the Surgical Strike strategy of the current government vs the Strategic Restraint exhibited by previous governments. These strategies are either extolled or denigrated, often acrimoniously, depending upon which side of the divide one…
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DESTRUCTION OF THE DEEP STATE – A NATIONAL APPROACH BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
TARGET THE PAKISTANI ARMY. THE IMBALANCING CENTRE OF GRAVITY MUST BE DESTROYED Authority Without Responsibility The Pakistani Army is in pole position. Full authority. No responsibility. Carry on with proxy war against India. Provoke the Indian Army. Wave the nuclear card at the slightest indication of a conventional Indian retaliation. Anyway the conventional window is…
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SOLVING THE KASHMIR PROBLEM – A ‘WHOLE OF THE NATION’ APPROACH ANALYSIS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
The centers of gravity in this issue are the Kashmiri people and the Pakistani army. Preserve the first and destroy the second Background The Pulwama bombing has happened when winds of global change are blowing – a shift from Globalization to Isolation, USA vacating Afghanistan, a bankrupt Pakistan seeking strategic space in Afghanistan, a cooling…
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UNRESTRICTED WARFARE: A PRESCRIPTION FOR CHINA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
Two Unrestricted Chinese Hammers and All Nails “If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.” So said Colonels Qiao and Wang when they outlined the concept of “Unrestricted Warfare”. Though primarily postulated to contend with America, the Chinese have been using this…
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AN UNSTABLE CHINA – THE INDIAN WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
The Outline of Instability China has commenced re-balancing its forces by downsizing its Army and boosting its Navy, Missile Force, and Strategic Support Force. Army personnel are to be reduced to below one million for the first time in its history. Xi, has ordered the PLA to be transformed into a world-class fighting force in the next three decades.…
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