Category: Strategic and Geopolitical
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QUAD2.0 OR TIANXIA By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/quad-2-0-or-tianxia-options-before-the-world/ Gordon Chang says ‘Xi, thinks everyone should acknowledge not only Chinese hegemony but also China’s rule,… China’s ruler has both the right and responsibility to rule Tianxia, or all under Heaven’! Does the world want to be in this Chinese hell? If not, it needs the QUAD. It is a global imperative. The Quadrilateral Security…
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The Dark World of China’s Multi Domain Warfare by Lt Gen P R Shankar (r)
Also published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=350 , @ https://thedailyguardian.com/the-dark-world-of-chinas-multi-domain-warfare/ and @ https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/the-dark-world-of-chinas-multi-domain-warfare In an article on 5G I outlined how China is waging Multi Domain Warfare (MDW) with Huawei as one of its Trojan Horses. It evoked great response. It also evoked great concerns from some right-thinking people like: – I agree with the threat posed and China’s game. My apprehensions….it…
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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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Disruption in Military Affairs (DMA): A Technology Centric Approach
https://bharatshakti.in/disruption-in-military-affairs-dma-a-technology-centric-approach/ December 24, 2018; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd); 1 Print Email Editor’s Note The armed forces of all nations are having to re-think their doctrines with technologies disrupting the ways and means of conducting conventional and non-conventional operations. The major focus of big powers today remains development of disruptive technologies to win battles at the…
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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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GENERALSHIP IN MULTI DOMAIN OPERATIONS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
At Army Futures Command, we believe in utilizing the best expertise,whatever the source, to create innovative solutionsfaster and better. We’re on a quest to modernize the way the Army does business by creating a space of endless possibilitiesto explore, develop, and test new methods, organizations, and technologies. Above all else, we want to make sure…
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WAR IS CHANGING. ARE WE? By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
I got some great feedback on my earlier article in which I highlighted the concept of Multi Domain Operations (https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/10/era-of-disruption-in-military-affairs.html) and the requirement of Indian strategic thinking to align with this emerging thought process. The feedback suggested that it was a…
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Era of Disruption in Military Affairs: Need for Multi Domain Operations By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Original Article @ bharatshakti.in Preamble Generat Bipin Rawat recently stated “ The next war will be fought with indigenous weapons and we will win it.” He qualified it by saying “If we are looking at the contours of future warfare, it may not necessarily be contact warfare. So, there is a realm of non-contact warfare. We need…
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