Category: Military Modernisation
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What Lies Beyond Chandrayan 3
Chandrayaan 3 is all about the search for energy to sustain our development. That is what I have outlined in this video – the search for sustainable energy through nuclear fusion. Tomorrow’s superpowers will be those who own energy and India is on the right track.
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India’s Military Stamina
Lt Gen Gautam Moorthy(R) and I had an informed discussion on India’s Military Stamina. Alarmist do to understand what we are capable of….
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INDIA USA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP : ACTUATING ICET
Converting all the proposals of the ICET into reality will be a mountain to climb . It needs innovation and thinking. It needs to based on a knowledge loop. The knowledge loop is critical to the Academia , Industry and Government interface which is visualised in the India USA strategic proposals. That is what Maj…
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Wagner, Gurkhas, Agnipath and India’s Security
Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan (R) and I had an open and frank discussion on the Agnipath scheme which has far reaching implications for India’s security. The writing is on the wall that this is a bad scheme being implemented poorly. It needs to be modified post haste in conformity with the on ground realities which…
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Protecting India Through Cyber Sovereignty
This conversation with Pavitran Rajan was sobering and eye opening. He laid bare the fundamental issues which plague our cyber systems. India needs to do a lot more in a focussed manner if it needs to achieve strategic autonomy. More importantly unless we are able to have all aspects of cyber space in our control,…
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Gray Zone Warfare Technology
In this video, Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan(R) and I discussed Gary Zone Warfare and how technology is being used to execute it. The funny thing is that every one knows that India is most vulnerable to Gray Zone Warfare and is being subjected to it on a daily basis. Yet no one wants to even…
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Cutting Edge Military Technology Through Academia
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) and I discuss as to how to ingest cutting edge technologies into the Armed Forces through our academia. It was an interesting but simple discussion with a lot of questions thrown at us. A viewers comment : This podcast is a seriously good one. Thank you so much.
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Bridging Gaps in Defence Innovation
Recently I spoke in the NDC on this subject as part of a panel which I had moderated. This presentation is largely based on that talk duly modified and abridged.
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Military Technology of This Century : Battlefield Networks
In this episode Maj Gen R Rajiv Narayanan(R) and I discuss battlefield networks and their importance in contemporary warfare and conflict. We enjoyed the session. The question and answers were tough and tricky. Lot of viewer interaction.
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Lessons from the Russo- Ukrainian War on Civil Military Fusion by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Nations which intend to prosecute war and those which are under the threat of being drawn into conflict need to prepare for the long haul. By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R) The yearlong Russo Ukrainian war has thrown up many lessons to the international community. It has completely and conclusively destroyed the fancy idea that future wars…

