Category: Military Modernisation
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Don’t Burn the Last Bastion by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
‘Sir, will China invade us?’ ‘We hear China has increased activities on the border’. Chinese consolidation activities on the LAC have prompted such reactions and fears. Lot of such inquiries from citizens within and outside India. Why? Bodies floating down Ganga, mass graves, lack of oxygen, medicines or hospital beds, botched vaccination program, uninterrupted work on Central…
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THE COLLAPSING THIRD POLE By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Followup Reflections on Governance by The Unelected @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/05/governance-by-unelected-by-lt-gen-p-r.html The leadership mantra When the problem is ignored, The problem becomes the leader and, The leader becomes the problem …The WhatsApp University of Wisdom In 2001, China was only slightly ahead of India on most metrics. Both were rising middle powers in the unipolar world…
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Match Chinese MRLs with Pinaka: Lt Gen. P. Ravi Shankar
Match Chinese MRLs with Pinaka: Lt Gen. P. Ravi Shankar | India Today Insight Lt Gen. P. Ravi Shankar, former director-general, artillery, on the need for India to fill the gaps in its rocket artillery and train at high altitudes ADVERTISEMENT Sandeep Unnithan Delhi April 22, 2021 UPDATED: April 22, 2021 23:22 IST An advanced version of…
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CHALLENGE FACING THE INDIAN ARMY By Gen Deepak Kapoor
Words of wisdom from our ex Chief of Army Staff. We will do well to heed them. Having witnessed the 73rd Indian Army Day parade 2021 on 15 January, one is assured that the army is performing to its potential and would deliver whenever a crisis occurs to the security of the nation, as it…
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Battlefield Energy, Oil of Space and Rebalancing by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Rebalancing Imperatives Energy Guzzlers. Indian Armed Forces are rebalancing to the North. Infrastructure development will continue. Good news. Across the LAC, China is ‘Solidifying Tibet’. Hereafter, the areas adjoining the LAC will see elevated troop levels even if there are no hostilities. The number of troops to be maintained permanently in extreme High altitudes will nearly…
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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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Conversation on Indigenous Development of UAVs
Had an interesting conversation with Snehesh Alex Phillip of Print on Indigenous Development of UAVs in India and issues involved with them . You can watch the conversation on You Tube @ DRDO ensured funding for IIT Chennai drone … – YouTube www.youtube.com › watch › v=vkMNwPhnNyQ https://youtu.be/vkMNwPhnNyQ
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ATMA NIRBHARTA IN DFENCE : EXAMINING MODELS OF SUCCESS
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE PLEASE JOIN IN YOUR OPINION AND VIEWS ARE VALUABLE OVERALL CONCEPT CASA AND SIDM have been holding a series webinars on Atma-Nirbharta in the Defence Sector. These webinars have evoked good response and generated lot of thought and discussion. The topics which were/are intended to…
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Near Space Surveillance and Beyond by Lt Gen P R Shankar (retd)
This is an article I wrote two years back. After reading through all the literature about the Armenia- Azerbaijan conflict and the on going standoff with China in Eastern Ladakh, I am convinced that we need to expand our horizon of thinking in using the atmosphere for surveillance purposes. This is a new dimension which needs to be…
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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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