Category: YOU TUBE
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A PEEK INTO EVERYDAY CHINA : THE PURGE OF THE XI
Purging Qin Gang is just a high profile event in the ongoing round of purges in China. Xi is a man driven to purge anything and everyone who does not toe his line. See the video for yourself….
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CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS
Lt Gen Prakash Menon (R) and I had an informed discussion on Civil Military Relations. This issue is assuming increasing importance as India rises. As the Indian economy expands , there is an undeniable requirement for the role of its Military to play a significant part in this growth. . We covered a lot of…
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KARGIL TO UKRAINE : ARTILLERY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
Gunners Shot wishes all Indians the very best on Kargil Vijay Diwas. Great valour and sacrifice was on display at the heights of Kargil in May – Jun 1999 when we gave Pakistan their come uppenance. Artillery played a great role in it. In this video, I have highlighted the role of artillery and compared…
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DO UNTO CHINA WHAT DOES TO INDIA : AN INDIAN STRATEGY
This is a combination of a set of ideas which have come about based on various inputs. Very simply put, there is a clear anxiety developing in China regarding India. There is also a new awareness. However China’s play book remains the old and it does want to budge from its old positions. High time…
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Manipur Fallout
Manipur is at a stage where the fall out will be huge if we do not pull back. I have outlined the fallout along with some options. We need to act pronto on it.
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Eyeing India in a Bad to Worse Situation
In this Peek Into Everyday China, , I have highlighted the economic situation of China which is going from bad to worse was per the Chinese media. All indications are that Chinese recovery will take a long time. In this environment, the Chinese view of India is interesting and that is what I have highlighted.
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PLA PUSHED BACK IN 1967 AT NATU LA AND 1987 AT SUMDORONG CHU
Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (R) and I recounted the events of 1967 at Natu La and 1987 at Sumdorong Chu when India had the better of PLA. In fact the PLA got a bloody nose in 1967. More often than not these incidents fade with time and current narratives take over. Resultantly, the PLA through…
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Evolution Of India’s Africa Policy and Recent Developments
Shri Gurjit Singh our former ambassador to Germany , Indonesia , Asian , Ethiopia and the African Union gave a fantastic overview of India in Africa over the years. Most importantly he made me realise the depth and breadth of the Political and Human investment that India has made in Africa since the past eight…
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4D Strategy to Counter China
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and I discussed the 4 D strategy India needs to adopt to counter China. It revolves around – Defending the LAC, Denial of space in the neighbourhood, Diplomacy to balance and Domination of the maritime space. We had spoken about it peripherally often. Today we got down to fleshing out the…
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Command and Control of Joint Theatres
Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) and i had a discussion on the Command and Control of Joint Theatres as they would evolve. As the CISC , Gen Dua had worked on it and had contributed significantly to institutionalising jointness. His explanations simplified this complicated subject and made it easy to understand. This was one of…
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