Category: GEOPOLITICS
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MILITARY LESSONS FROM A STALEMATE BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR ( R)
The US- Iran Spat in Brief On 31 Dec 2019, supporters of Iran backed militia attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. It was in retaliation to an US airstrike on a camp of an Iran backed Hezbollah offshoot group which resulted in the death of 25 fighter’s [1]. USA retaliated by an armed UAV attack…
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WAR WAGING WAYS By LT GEN P R SHANKAR ( R )
The targeted killing of Maj Gen Soleimani through a drone attack has set the social media abuzz. However, this comment by one veteran was reflective of our situation. “See the use of modern intelligence used to kill a general. I hope they do the same with ISI generals. We just talk, we cannot do it.…
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AN ANALYSIS OF ARAMCO ATTACKS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Aramco Attacks The Outcomes. On 14 Sep 19 at about 0400h, the ARAMCO oil refineries at Khurais and Abqaiq were attacked. The attacks were simultaneous in two waves. It was reported that the attack was carried out using a combination of 25 UAVs and cruise missiles. Analysis later revealed that there were 19 strikes…
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The Tale Of Two Corridors Beyond Gwadar & Chabahar
Image Courtesy: World News Report https://bharatshakti.in/the-tale-of-two-corridors-beyond-gwadar-chabahar/ September 06, 2017; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired); 1 Print Email Editor’s Note The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) terminates at Gwadar Port. Its value for China is indeed strategic. However, what it would do to Pakistan’s economy and sovereignty is debatable. Next to Gwader, less than a 100 km away,…
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