Category: MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
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Establishment of High Altitude Firing Ranges By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Establishment of High Altitude Firing Ranges Currently, we sorely lack adequate facilities in high altitudes. There is great difficulty in inducting or developing new equipment or training troops with longer range weapon systems to meet operational and developmental requirements of High Altitudes. This is a long standing red flag and needs urgent attention. Updated: August 27,…
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INDIAN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY: A REVIEW BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
Originally published in Financial Express @https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/indian-military-technology-a-review/2367911/ Xi Jinping talks of ‘rejuvenation of the Chinese nation’ to ‘establish a community of common destiny’. Simply put, he seeks superpower status. To achieve it, China is undergoing an unparalleled military expansion and gearing to fight unrestricted ‘multi domain wars’. These wars will be beyond the ‘tangible’ domains of air, land…
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CHINESE ARTIFICIAL SUN IN CORRECT PERSPECTIVE by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Recently an article appeared with the headline China Turns On Nuclear-Powered ‘Artificial Sun’ . It describes how China has successfully powered up its “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time. It is reported as China’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion experimental research device. The article makes it appears as if China has broken…
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ANALYSIS OF A FAKE MICROWAVE OVEN AT LADAKH by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
THIS ANALYSIS IS A SORT OF ‘MICROWAVE WEAPONS FOR DUMMIES’ KIND. EASY TO GRASP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY BEYOND A POINT The Chinese Claim Jin Canrong, a professor of international relations at Beijing’s Renmin University claimed that China…
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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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5G AND CHINESE TROJAN HORSES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/dealing-with-dragons-trojan-horses/ @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=345 These days 5G and Huawei is in the news. Most people ask – why it is such a big affair? In most conversations about ‘5G’ it seems that it is wiser to say ‘Haan Ji’ and let it pass. However what is happening about Huawei and Chinese electronic surveillance and data…
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INGESTING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ARMED FORCES By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Originally Published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/ingesting-technology-in-indian-armed-forces/ It is my deep belief that “Technology owned is cheap and Technology bought is costly”. India has paid dearly due to not owning it since independence. To be a power of reckoning, India needs to invest in requisite Defense Technologies and own them. Surprisingly, many of these are resident in…
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GARNERING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR INDIAN ARMED FORCES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
original article @ Raksha Anirveda There is a lot of discussion and action on Artificial Intelligence and other disruptive technologies and how they will impact warfare . The Chinese White Paper on defense at the very outset mentions that…
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IIT MADRAS AT DEFEXPO 2020, LUCKNOW
Defexpo 2018 at Chennai IIT Madras entered the field of defence on its own steam in Apr 18. It established a stall in the Defexpo 2018 in Chennai. Many of its students and faculty got their first exposure to the exciting world of aerospace and defense. It even held a seminar in the event. However,…
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THE HUAWEI HORSE TROJANNING INDIA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Trojan Horse The Achaeans battered their heads against the walls of Troy and were continuously repulsed for a decade. The breakthrough came when they used the Trojan Horse to breach the defenses of Troy through subterfuge and then destroyed the city and slaughtered its people completely. That is an old fable. Nothing new. In…
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