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Outline of a Counter UAV Philosophy By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Article Published in the USI Journal Period: January 2020 – March 2020 Abstract The employment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in war and peace is proliferating rapidly. These are being used for offensive and defensive roles, to include surveillance, attack and logistics, besides other complimentary tasks. They are changing equations of conflict as was evident in…
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INGESTING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ARMED FORCES By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Originally Published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/ingesting-technology-in-indian-armed-forces/ It is my deep belief that “Technology owned is cheap and Technology bought is costly”. India has paid dearly due to not owning it since independence. To be a power of reckoning, India needs to invest in requisite Defense Technologies and own them. Surprisingly, many of these are resident in…
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ATMA NIRBHARTA AND DEFENCE PROCUREMENT By LT GEN P R SHANKAR
‘Atma Nirbharta (Self Sufficiency) is the only route to Strategic Independence’ Views of CDS To attain great power status India must strengthen its internationally identified weak link – defense procurement. In the current environment we either indigenize or remain a soft power. The CDS recently…
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PLAYING GO AND NO GO WITH CHINA By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
https://thedailyguardian.com/playing-go-and-no-go-with-china/ https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/playing-go-and-no-go-with-china This article has been triggered by a thinking naval officer . He now manages one of L&Ts major units …
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FACE-OFFS – THE MATRIX AHEAD BY LT GEN PR SHANKAR (R)
Also published by – https://thedailyguardian.com/face-offs-the-matrix-ahead/ https://missionvictoryindia.com/face-offs-the-matrix-ahead/ Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt …. Sun Tzu A FOLLOWUP ON ACROSS THE WALL – NATIONALISM TO AGGRESSION …
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ACROSS THE WALL – NATIONALISM TO AGGRESSION BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published at https://thedailyguardian.com/across-the-wall-from-nationalism-to-aggression/ https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/border-standoffs-across-lac-nationalism-to-aggression Add caption Military Aggression People are wondering as to where the ongoing Sino Indian Military standoffs along the LAC are heading. I am clear and confident that Indian Army will give a befitting reply under the circumstances. China’s actions are out of type and…
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CORPORATIZATION OF OFB – THE UNKNOWN ANGEL BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Add caption General Corporatization of OFB and ‘not privatization’ repeat ‘not privatization’ of OFB was announced with emphasis by the Finance Minister as one of the big bang reforms being undertaken in the Defense Sector as part of the Atma Nirbharta campaign. I welcome it whole heartedly. It is more than time for this reform…
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CHINA FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CANNOT ENDURE by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
A Follow up on The Chinese Checkers and Corona The Chinese Chernobyl The World wants China to be like it! …
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TRACKS CHANGING FOR INDIAN ARMED FORCES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Pandemic Effect The Pandemic is a watershed event of 21st Century. The eventual normal is more than 4-5 years away. In between there will be many false normals. Major upheavals in geopolitics, economies and lifestyles on the cards. While the Indian economy is under the pump, this period also represents a period of economic…
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CHINA: UNRESTRICTED WAR AND RESTRICTED THINKING BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Superpowers do not fight on their doorsteps. They fight far away. Whenever superpowers started fighting on their doorsteps, they tend to collapse. That is history. The Report A South China Morning Post report[1] says that some retired…
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