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Why We Need Software Research in the Indian Army
I got this mail from my son who is a software engineer and felt I had to share with one and all who are following my blog. To be honest I do not understand too much of the technicality of what he is conveying to me. However I understand the points he is trying to…
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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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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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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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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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RE-IMAGINING KASHMIR 2030 BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
I am Azadi Khan. It is 2030. A lot has changed in the past decade. Ladakh has made great progress. Jammu has prospered. Kashmir has regressed. It has now gone through eight decades of suffering. Where are we going? I wonder. When Article 370 was abrogated all established leaders never got back into the mainstream.…
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A JADE NECKLACE FOR CHINA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Reality Beyond the Summit With President Xi Jinping in Mamallapuran for an informal Summit with PM Modi it is time to take a realistic look at the Sino-Indian equations. There are a lot of articles appearing on how Sino-Indian bilateral relations should move ahead. No issue with all postulations and the wonderful chemistry between President…
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THE JIHAD OF U TURN KHAN
Any resemblance to living beings is intentional I am back from a great US trip! Everyone in Packistan loves me after my incisive short speech at the UNGA. I could have gone for another hour. The Muslim world is totally energised. I not only took their plane but upstaged the Saudis in the leadership of…
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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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