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Firepower and Artillery – A Futuristic Perspective Part 5 : Operational Evolution and Key Tenets of Firepower By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
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 In the previous part I had outlined the shifting balance between ‘Fire…
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Civil Military Fusion : An Indian Necessity By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Background All great nations have gone through a process of Civil- Military fusion. The industrial revolution and the colonial era is a story of Civil-Military fusion in Europe. Inventiveness in science and technology focussed on how it could make colonial militaries better equipped, lethal and more efficient. Each colonial power wanted a military machine…
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Conversation on S 400 With Amitabh Revi
I had a very interesting conversation with Amitabh Revi on StratNews Global’s program – The Gist. We discussed various issues pertaining to the S400 to cover a range of views and took on questions from technical to the geopolitical. I just enjoyed each moment of the conversation on this contemporary topic. Hope you do too.…
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Panel Discussion : The Economic Times Aerospace and Defence Summit 2021
The 2nd edition of ‘The Economic Times Aerospace and Defence Summit 2021(ET ADS 2021) took place on 16th November 2021. The Summit 2021 brought together industry experts on one platform to deliberate on the growth opportunities while dealing successfully with the challenges. It was my honour that I took part in the Summit as a guest speaker in a panel…
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A DISCUSSION ON BRI
The Belt and Road Initiative was all over the news a couple of years back. It seemed to be the only game in town. It was touted to be the instrument that will propel China to superpower status. However as time passed, the concept got into problems in the execution phase. The term debt trap…
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FIREPOWER AND ARTILLERY : A FUTURISTIC PERSPECTIVE PART 4 : Firepower in The Indian Context
Today, the book Force in Statecraft, An Indian Perspective was released in the National Defence College, New Delhi. The book has chapters on various aspects of utilizing ‘Force’ as an instrument of national power. The panorama is vast and covers various aspects from nuclear to conventional to less than conventional operations in the land air and sea…
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INDIAN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY: A REVIEW BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
Originally published in Financial Express @https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/indian-military-technology-a-review/2367911/ Xi Jinping talks of ‘rejuvenation of the Chinese nation’ to ‘establish a community of common destiny’. Simply put, he seeks superpower status. To achieve it, China is undergoing an unparalleled military expansion and gearing to fight unrestricted ‘multi domain wars’. These wars will be beyond the ‘tangible’ domains of air, land…
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Chinese Bunker Mentality and Indian Options by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier analysis on China:- https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/the-chinese-bunker-wars-by-lt-gen-p-r.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/fire-power-and-artillery-futuristic.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/china-fire-breathing-dragon-or-sick.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/outlines-of-multi-dimensional-neo.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/09/the-chinese-wobble-part-3.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/mythical-dragon-real-china-by-lt-gen-p.html Pentagon’s report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China is being analysed widely; mostly from an US perspective. The report has significant issues for India. What is the broader Chinese picture and how does this report fit into the Indian environment ? What is the impact…
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The Chinese , Bunkers and Wars By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
“There is a bunker mentality in China right now” as per a report in New York Times. It strikes a chord. One gets into a bunker either when war is imminent or upon us. So what is the war that China is bunkering into? China took to the Multi Domain War concept like a duck takes to water. It…
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The Pakistan of Shaheeds, Ghazis and Niazis by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier Articles :- Naya Contours of Purana Pakistan Happiness is a Pakistani State of Mind I was reading up on the TLP fracas which is going on in Pakistan. I came across this great line – “Haar gaye toh shaheed, jeet gaye toh ghazi, surrender kar diya toh Niazi”. Familiar? Niazi’s and surrender in Pakistan are…
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