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CASA FORUM : ATMA NIRBHARTA IN THE DEFENCE SECTOR SERIES
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE PLEASE JOIN IN YOUR OPINION AND VIEWS ARE VALUABLE CONCEPT On 04 Oct 2020, CASA held its first webinar on Atma-Nirbharta in the Defence Sector. It evoked a good response and generated lot of thought and discussion. As we reflected after the event, CASA members realized that if…
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ORDINARY PAKISTANI BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
JUST IMAGINE THE LIFE OF AN ORDINARY PAKISTANI. NEVER A DULL MOMENT. NEVER A MOMENT OF PEACE. NEVER KNOWS IF THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO COME BACK FROM SCHOOL. NEVER KNOWS IF HE CAN AFFORD HIS NEXT MEAL. ALWAYS AT THE MERCY OF WHOM HE HAS CREATED. READY TO BE FLICKED AWAY LIKE A FLY.…
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THE NEW FORMULA – E+P1+P2+P3 = PAKISTAN by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The ongoing rallies by the opposition PDM are different for a very subtle reason. For the first time, the existence of Pakistan Army as the ‘State above the State’ has been acknowledged and ratified by the nation. No more ‘Deep State’ or behind the scene action. It is now called the ‘Establishment’. Hereafter the Pakistan Army has…
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QUAD : EVOLVING FAST BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY GUARDIAN @ https://epaper.thedailyguardian.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=2710d408a74c&imageview=1 THIS IS THE FOURTH ARTICLE IN A SERIES EARLIER ARTICLES ON THE QUAD QUAD 2.0 OR TIANXIA INDIA’S QUADRATIC EQUATIONS CHINESE CAMEL IN THE QUADRILATERAL TENT Once India invited the Australian Navy to take part in the Malabar 2020 exercise QUAD has become demi official. In addition, India has also…
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DAWN IN A DUSK IN PAKISTAN By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Pakistan is going through some turmoil again. Rare opposition unity, Nawaz Sharif naming the Army, Pak rangers kidnapping an IG of Police and speculation of chaos beyond the normal chaos. A new Pakistani dusk is dawning. Will there be a DAWN? Pakistanis do not know. They have never known. Pakistan entered a Tunnel of Perpetual Dusk…
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TIME TO SAY GET LOST TO ONE CHINA By LT GEN PR SHANKAR (R)
ALSO PUBLISHED AT https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/22-october-2020/ Expansionist One China China wants the world to repeatedly chant ‘One China’ which is expansionist. China gobbled Tibet, Xinxiang, Inner Mongolia and part of India soon after becoming a People’s Republic. It is now in the process of gobbling up Hong Kong, a sliver of Eastern Ladakh and South China Sea…
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FIVE POINT FRAMEWORK TO ATTAIN STRATEGIC INDEPENDENCE By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Independence is by deeds and not words. Happy Independence Day I wrote this article in 2020. As time has passed, I am now more than ever convinced that we need to attain strategic independence as we grow as a nation. That is why I had this discussion with Mr Sree Iyer of P Gurus last year. Our discussion in on the clip below. It is in the form of a…
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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM : THE WINTER HAUL By Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
Also published in the Daily Guardian @ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/15-october-2020/ Earlier Articles In Series Sino Indian Logjam – A Review @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/08/sino-indian-logjam-review-by-lt-gen-p-r.html No Go For China in the Logjam @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/no-go-for-china-in-logjam-by-lt-gen-p-r.html Sino Indian Logjam : Aim, Capability and Environmental Analysis @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-aim-capability-and.html Sino Indian Logjam : Facts, Risks, Options and the Sum of all Fears @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-facts-risks-options.html …
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THE CHINESE CAMEL IN THE QUADRILATERAL TENT BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/11-october-2020/ This is the third article on the QUAD. Earlier articles are :- QUAD 2.0 or Tianxia @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/07/quad20-or-tianxia-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar.html India’s QUADratic Equations @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/08/indias-quadratic-equations-by-lt-gen-p.html Chinese assertion and aggression is steered by Xi Jinping whose personal ambition is greater than the ambition of China and the CCP put together. A ‘China Dream’ and ‘Rejuvenation Plans’ are fine if they…
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MYTHICAL DRAGON : REAL PLA By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/05-october-2020/ EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE GIVES YOU CAPABILITY. PEOPLE GIVE YOU ABILITY. THE MAN BEHIND THE MACHINE ALWAYS MATTERS. In any battle, contest or competition it is important to know your adversary. In a previous article I tried to deconstruct the real China lurking behind the mythical dragon. Time to deconstruct PLA. Xi Jinping is…
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