Category: MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
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Corporatisation Of Intelligence
Good intelligence is a pre-requisite not only to prosecute wars but also to prevent them. This is an area which India has found to be lacking. Presently intelligence can be gathered from multiple sources and is widely available. Increasingly int collection and analysis is technology driven. It is a very specialised and sophisticated field where…
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Negotiating The Trump Trap
Lt Gen KJ Singh (R) brings clarity to India’s defence import scenario in the context of India US Defence Cooperation as a result of our PMs recent visit to USA. This was one of the best discussions I have held on Gunners Shot on India’s opportunities and pitfalls in capability building and defence imports in…
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An Examination of Conventional Weapons Technology of PLA
By Lt Gen PR Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (R) Published in Strategic Reflections, 2024 by CENTRE FOR LAND WARFARE STUDIES (CLAWS), OCT 2024, SABRE & QUILL PUBLISHERS, NEW DELHI. Pages 203- 221 General Transformation of the PLA began with ‘four modernisations’ under Deng Xiaoping. Since then, China has been consistently enhancing its defence expenditure in order to…
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DeepSeek, DeepFake or DeepState?
These are my initial ideas about DeepSeek which has rattled the world of AI. A new game in AI has begun and will play itself out. Two factors are clear. Firstly. This is a Chinese App and needs to be treated on par with TikTok – Banned in India. The security implications are simply too…
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Deep Dive on Pralay Missile System
Mr Sandeep Unnithan and I did a deep dive on the PRALAY Missile system which was recently paraded on the Republic Day . It was a great interaction with one of our best defence analysts. Covered technical, tactical and strategic aspects of the Pralay Missile. This caps a series of significant missile developments in recent…
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India’s Space Docking and Chinese Reactions
The Chinese reactions to India’s Space Docking Experiment has been vitriolic. While their media has grudgingly acknowledged the achievement, the reaction from the public and those who have watched the video has bordered on hostility. Many have said that the space docking has been a fake. One has gone on to acknowledge its success and…
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WHY DO TRUMP AND USA WANT GREEN LAND?
Mr Trump indicating that he wants Greenland to be part of USA is not whimsical by any stretch of imagination. There is method in this apparent madness. it involves Arctic sea routes, geopolitics, missile defence, energy, food security and most importantly AI. Yes AI. the tech accelerators – Amazon, Microsoft Google, Musk and more are…
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INDIA’S RESPONSE TO CHINA’S GREAT LEAP FORWARD
Every odd day China comes up with a new military capability. Even after discounting China’s PR and Info War as well as its dodgy technology, the PLA is adding warlike equipment at a fast clip to its inventory with the maxim being Quantity has its own Quality. Without doubt the gulf between Chinese and Indian…
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A Hypersonic Shock to China and Beyond
The reaction from the tabloid Chinese press is that India’s Hypersonic test is worse than ‘Houthi’ quality and that a HGV was not fired. Be that as it may, the fact remains that the air vehicle did achieve all its payments of range and manoeuvrability. Means do not matter, ends do. To that extent once…
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INDIA’S HYPERSONIC MISSILES BEYOND THE HYPE
A 360deg discussion with Mr Sandip Unnithan of News Nine Plus on India’s Hypersonic Missile Test when seen in conjunction with other significant missile developments. There are huge Implications for #India‘s Strategic posture and envelope which is fast expanding.
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