Category: Military Modernisation
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Bridging the Military Technology Gap in the Sino – Indian Context
Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Vol. CXLIX, No. 617, July-September 2019 Author: Lieutenant General P R Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) Period: July 2019 – September 2019 Abstract China, our main adversary, has moved closer to superpower status and has embarked on a military expansion by embracing high end disruptive technologies. It…
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A DEEPAWALI UPDATE ON SHAASTRA-2020 AND THE DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT OF STUDENTS OF IIT MADRAS
A Follow up on https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/10/shaastra-2020-student-defence.html Happy Deepawali! May the festival of lights which ultimately celebrates victory of good over evil bring joy to your families and friends. I am celebrating Deepawali by bringing forth an update on the Defence Technology Summit being conducted by students of IIT Madras as part of Shaastra 2020 (https://summit.shaastra.org/#home) mostly…
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SHAASTRA 2020 – A STUDENT DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT OF IIT MADRAS
The students of IIT Madras have adopted defence technology as the theme for their flagship summit this year in response to the Prime Ministers call that IITs should contribute to indigenisation of defence. Further they are focusing on disruptive technologies and attempting to solve real life problems of the Armed Forces. They are also attempting…
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INDIAN ARMY'S GODS OF WAR
HAPPY GUNNERS DAY THIS IS A GLIMPSE OF THE TOUGHEST AND DEADLIEST ARTILLERY IN THE WORLD The Indian Army has enough ammunition for its gunners to meet its threats. It’s rate of modernization will make you proud if you are an Indian and make you cringe with fear if you are its adversary. There is high…
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A FRAMEWORK FOR DEFENCE INTERACTION WITH IITS By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
This is an extension of my article Defence Technology – An Indian Conundrum KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. IT COMES FROM RESEARCH. RESEARCH GENERATES TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY OWNED IS CHEAP. TECHNOLOGY BOUGHT IS COSTLY From Oxymoronism to a Framework India lacks adequate defense technology. It needs to invest in defense R&D if it must be a power of reckoning.…
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Defence Technology – An Indian Conundrum by Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
The US has a new command called the Army Futures Command which aims to modernise the Army. It had six priorities- long range precision fire, next generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift platforms, a mobile and expeditionary Army network,…
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STRAIGHT BAT DEFENSE By Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired)
I am writing this as India plays England in the league phase of the ICC world Cup. The outcome of the World Cup is not known. We do not know if Team India and our men in blue will emerge victorious or not. However, I am clear that we in the Armed Forces have a…
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Rafale: The Deal and the Din: A way forward
Image Courtesy: Dassault Aviation Rafale: The Deal and the Din: A way forward Editor’s Note The Rafale deal has been dragged to the streets. It’s not the first time that a defence deal has been questioned so volubly by our political parties, however, the facts and barbs being directed at the deal need to be…
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Digitalization in Defense – The Basic Canvas By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The Basics. Digitalization is disruptive. It is transformative. In defense matters it is here to stay but has some way to go. Why? Its creators are young who do not know about defense. Its users are old who do not understand digitalization. When this twain starts to meet some reality will set in.Let me amplify.…
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ASAT OPERATIONALISATION A SIMPLISTIC VIEW by Lt Gen P R Shankar
Let us get turn away for a moment from the heat and dust of Indian electoral politics and talk again of ASAT, which creates a different kind of dust – Star Dust. More lethal than imagination. This article may kindly be read with my earlier articles at links indicated below for a better understanding https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-quick-supplement-for-understanding…
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