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IIT MADRAS AT DEFEXPO 2020, LUCKNOW
Defexpo 2018 at Chennai IIT Madras entered the field of defence on its own steam in Apr 18. It established a stall in the Defexpo 2018 in Chennai. Many of its students and faculty got their first exposure to the exciting world of aerospace and defense. It even held a seminar in the event. However,…
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IS CHINA'S POWER SUPER? BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)
Read this for a flashback twenty years ago when China’s clout was expanding https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-flashback-on-chinas-growing-clout-in.html?m=1 Worldwide, people talk of an American dream. If I moved to the US, I could become “American” and my children would certainly be Americans. But moving to China would not make me or my children Chinese. Would it? Is there a China…
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THE HUAWEI HORSE TROJANNING INDIA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Trojan Horse The Achaeans battered their heads against the walls of Troy and were continuously repulsed for a decade. The breakthrough came when they used the Trojan Horse to breach the defenses of Troy through subterfuge and then destroyed the city and slaughtered its people completely. That is an old fable. Nothing new. In…
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MILITARY LESSONS FROM A STALEMATE BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR ( R)
The US- Iran Spat in Brief On 31 Dec 2019, supporters of Iran backed militia attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. It was in retaliation to an US airstrike on a camp of an Iran backed Hezbollah offshoot group which resulted in the death of 25 fighter’s [1]. USA retaliated by an armed UAV attack…
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WAR WAGING WAYS By LT GEN P R SHANKAR ( R )
The targeted killing of Maj Gen Soleimani through a drone attack has set the social media abuzz. However, this comment by one veteran was reflective of our situation. “See the use of modern intelligence used to kill a general. I hope they do the same with ISI generals. We just talk, we cannot do it.…
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THE WIDER NATIONAL PROBLEM BEYOND PINAKA By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
WISHING ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR The Comment “Long range artillery aided with precision can be a suitable complement for air-power and lack of fighter sqns of the IAF. The precision and low cost should be enough for us to procure the same. The precision element included in long range rockets will also…
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PLATFORMS FOR DEFENCE STARTUPS: THE WAY FORWARD By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR RMA to DMA – Technologies Involved Disruption in Military Affairs (DMA) is here to stay. The transition from RMA to DMA has started. The technologies involved are many as shown in the graphic below. They are beyond the scope of a formal organization like DRDO due to sheer…
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PINAKA IN CONVENTIONAL NON-CONTACT DETERRENCE BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED
A View from Pakistan Recently on 19 Dec a test firing of the Pinaka was carried out using an operational launcher. Daily Pakistan has this to say “Pinaka is an artillery missile system capable of destroying 900 square metres at a 20-80 kilometre range by firing a salvo of 12 rockets within 48 seconds. The…
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AN ANALYSIS OF ARAMCO ATTACKS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Aramco Attacks The Outcomes. On 14 Sep 19 at about 0400h, the ARAMCO oil refineries at Khurais and Abqaiq were attacked. The attacks were simultaneous in two waves. It was reported that the attack was carried out using a combination of 25 UAVs and cruise missiles. Analysis later revealed that there were 19 strikes…
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FRONTLINES, FAULTLINES AND BATTLEGROUNDS OF PAKISTAN by LT GEN PR SHANKAR (R)
Frontline- Faultline-Battleground The post WW2 British colonial collapse left the ‘Great Game’ Imperialists with a quandary. How to stem the spread of communism of Soviet Russia? How to stop its confluence with India whose socialism was visible even then. A geostrategic wedge that would simultaneously connect and separate – the Middle East, Soviet Central Asia,…
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