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A Christmas in Pakistan By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Nothing like Pakistan to rev up a Christmas. However, Santa has given it a miss since he is scared that he might be swinging at the end of a rope by the end of the day on blasphemy charges. It is better to leave Pakistanis to their favorite establishment – The Deep State. However lets…
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A Discussion on PLA – PART 4
PART 1 : Basics of PLA and Its Evolution Click here to see PART 1 PART 2 – Organisation and Command Structure Click here to see PART 2 PART 3: Explanation of the Organisations CLICK TO SEE PART 3 In this part we discuss the effect of terrain on PLA
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Artillery and Firepower – Part 7 – Future Perspective : Role of Firepower
Part 1 : Preamble @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/firepower-and-artillery-futuristic.html Part 2 : Effects on Firepower in the Himalayas @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/fire-power-and-artillery-futuristic.html Part 3 : Chinese Operational Concepts and Employment of Firepower @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/fire-power-and-artillery-futuristic.html Part 4: Fire & Move and Historical Evolution of Firepower @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/firepower-and-artillery-futuristic.html Part 5 : Operational Evolution and Key Tenets of Firepower…
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LEVERAGING ANTI CHINA SENTIMENT TOWARDS STRATEGIC AUTONOMY BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
INDIA Originally published by Firstpost. @ https://www.firstpost.com/india/time-for-india-to-leverage-global-anti-china-sentiment-towards-strategic-autonomy-10222961.html Time for India to leverage global anti-China sentiment towards strategic autonomy Today, China with its assertive attitude is virtually frightening away investors. If India fails to grab this opening, there will be no alternative for investors but to go back to China PR ShankarDecember 20, 2021 09:32:05 IST Representational image.…
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A NEW WEBSITE FOR 'GUNNERS SHOT'
CLICK ON PICTURE ABOVE TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE In 2019, one of my articles was rejected by a leading news portal. The editor felt that it was not worth. That was when I decided to start my own blog and called it ‘Gunners Shot‘. Initially the response was low…typical…if there were 50-views per day on the…
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The Generals Talk on Will Pakistan Fail
Lt Gen Satish Dua and I resumed with ‘The Generals Talk’ after a long time. It was an interesting talk since the subject was Pakistan. However one issue which came out of the discussion was that Pakistan might be down temporarily but it is not out. One should never the Pakistani ability to create mischief.…
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A DISCUSSION ON PLA : PART 3
PART 1 : Basics of PLA and Its Evolution Click here to see PART 1 PART 2 – Organisation and Command Structure Click here to see PART 2 In this part Aadi and I expand on the various Forces of the PLA as an explanation to its organisation; which we outlined in Part 2.
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THE UNFOLDING CHESSBOARD IN PAKISTAN BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
My last article was a peek into China through extracts from South China Morning Post. Time to get back to Pakistan and excerpts from DAWN. There is something very familiar about Pakistan…it is known territory…easy to understand…and stirs up our mental faculties and juices very well. All our analysts and experts , specially the valley based military…
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