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NO ‘GO’ FOR CHINA IN THE LOGJAM BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/no-go-for-china-in-the-logjam/ As I am posting this, the PLA has put out a tweet that they had to fire in Shenpao Mountains. The game is on! All the best boys. Bash on regardless. You have done us proud. In my article Sino Indian Logjam- A Review, I had assessed that The Chinese situation is not as strong…
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DISRUPTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also Published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/disruption-in-military-affairs/ and @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=388 Three months back I was approached to speak at the Army War College, Mhow, during the Doctrine and Strategy Seminar on Multi Domain Operations. In this time many things happened. I corelated the topic with the current international military and strategic events. I realised that the actual scope was wider…
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UNDISSUASIVE LEADERSHIP, UNDETERRED CHINA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/dealing-with-dragon-effectively/ and @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=387 This article mirrors historical cracks which promise to be repeating themselves in future. It is not directed at any individual, appointment or political party. Undissuasive In 1971 India was a poor country with strong Armed Forces. It halved Pakistan, created Bangladesh and cocked a snook at USA. Seventh Fleet threatening to intervene…
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Sino Indian Logjam – A Review By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/25-august-2020/ page 7 and @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=381 The Sino Indian standoff is logjammed. All talks and parlays are leading nowhere. Progress is incremental. The long haul will be a test of Indian stamina. Meanwhile experts – national and…
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KASHMIR- A FUTURE REFLECTION By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/kashmir-a-future-reflection/ and @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=383 It is more than a year since the abrogation of Article 370. A lot has been said. Commentaries commemorating the anniversary abound. Some experts painted deterioration. Some painted no change. Some expressed hope…
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Water, Diamer Bhasha Dam and Sino-Pak Collusion By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=376and https://thedailyguardian.com/china-fishing-in-troubled-pak-waters-to-needle-india/ Figure 1 Water Vs Population Beggars can’t be choosers. However, they do have a choice of place for begging. Yesterday, Pakistan begged at the US, Saudi and Gulf street corners. Today it is the Chinese, Turkish, and Malaysian street corners. Pakistan can beg for everything, but no one can give…
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DAP: Examination of the Strategic Partnership (SP) Model By Lt Gen PR Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=372 And https://thedailyguardian.com/defence-acquisition-needs-to-be-streamlined-now/ The Indian Army is making incremental, but confused, progress in upgrading its depreciated artillery profile that has languished gravely since the import of Bofors howitzers in the late 1980s as per Rahul Bedi in Hindu in 2014. In 2020, the same Hindu reports that the Defence Ministry will introduce import embargo…
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बौद्धिक मध्यस्थता की बिल्ली को घंटी बांधना By Lt Gen P.R Shankar (R)
बौद्धिक मध्यस्थता की बिल्ली को घंटी बांधना By Lt Gen P.R Shanker Posted on 2 weeks ago 0 second read 0 19 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on Pinterest Share on Linkedin Share on Tumblr https://www.aajsamaaj.com/editorial/विचार-मंच/tying-a-bell-to-a-cat-of-intellectual-mediation श्री मोहन गुरुस्वामी द्वारा लिखित लेख मिलिट्री मेडियोरिटी – हू विल बेल…
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Why Corporatisation of Ordnance Board is a Must By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published @ https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/aug/11/why-corporatisation-of-ordnance-board-is-a-must-2181746.html On 16th May 2020 the Government announced the decision to corporatize OFB to improve its autonomy, accountability and efficiency. It evoked overwhelming response from the Armed Forces who felt that the step was overdue but suboptimal. Almost everyone wanted the OFB to be privatised on a PPP model. Simultaneously there were discordant notes from within OFB. The feedback indicated…
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EVOLVING INTO A TANK FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BY | LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=368 and @https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/11-august-2020/ The current Sino Indian standoff has highlighted the lack of a suitable tank for high altitudes.The tank is required not only for defending our territory but also for carrying out any offensive into China. Unless we pose a credible offensive threat to China, our territory will always be subject to salami…
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