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Defence Exports: An Opportunity; With Pre-Requisites
https://bharatshakti.in/defence-exports-an-opportunity-with-pre-requisites/ Image: BharatShakti June 15, 2018; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (RETD) Print Email Editor’s Note The recently released Draft Defence Production Policy 2018 aims to export defence goods and services worth 5 Bn USD approximately by 2025. After this one heard that the Raksha Mantri had summoned all our Defence Attaches to Delhi and instructed…
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Are We Ready Across the Himalayas?
https://bharatshakti.in/are-we-ready-across-the-himalayas-2/ Image Courtesy: scmp.com June 27, 2018; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired) Print Email Editor’s Note Could we encounter a situation when China and India get into a full-fledged war once again. Unlikely, argues the General in his rather detailed analysis of the two countries’ capabilities and military build up. However, that does not rule out…
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Chinese Threat: A Reality Check
https://bharatshakti.in/chinese-treat-a-reality-check/ Image Courtesy: Little India Desk July 07, 2018; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (RETD) Print Email Editor’s Note Force structuring is an outflow of the national interests of the nation combined with the military threats it faces. In the Indian context, we face threats from Pakistan and China. Four conflicts with Pakistan and more than…
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Time to Downsize And More
https://bharatshakti.in/28710-2/ Image Courtesy: Live Fist July 27, 2018; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd); 1 Print Email Editor’s Note The debate for downsizing has been on for a long time. It’s the trend globally. The Shekatakar Committee has made some recommendations and these are already under execution, except perhaps for those that effect the Ministry of Defence…
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China – An Overstretched Hegemon
https://bharatshakti.in/china-an-overstretched-hegemon/ Image Courtesy: Getty Images October 09, 2018; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd) Print Email Editor’s Note The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has a greater strategic thrust as compared to being an economic bonanza for the participating countries. A host of countries have already started experiencing BRI’s overarching shadow on their sovereignty. Some of…
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Playing Chinese Checkers In Bhutanese Pastures
https://bharatshakti.in/playing-chinese-checkers-in-bhutanese-pastures/ Image Courtesy: Indian Defence Review July 11, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired); 8 Print Email Editor’s Note The eyeball-to-eyeball game continues at the tri-junction with no solution in sight. The Chinese seem to be having problems with every other country with which it shares its land or maritime borders. In each of these cases…
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Slaying The Dragon: Unrestricted Warfare
https://bharatshakti.in/slaying-the-dragon-unrestricted-warfare/ Image Courtesy: NDTV July 24, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired); 4 Print Email Editor’s Note The brash Chinese posturing in the South China Sea and Dokalam near the Tri Junction of China, Bhutan and India is a cause for concern for the countries in the region. In fact, Southeast Asian countries are awaiting the…
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What Does The M 777 Ultra-Light Howitzer Mean To Us?
https://bharatshakti.in/what-does-the-m-777-ultra-light-howitzer-mean-to-us/ Image Courtesy: BAE Systems August 16, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired); 3 Print Email Editor’s Note It’s been a long journey since the Bofors scam of 1980s to the day we ultimately signed a contract to purchase 145 Ultra Light 155 mm Howitzers from the Americans via the Foreign Military Sales FMS) route. The…
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The Doklam Stand Off – Some Lessons
Image Courtesy: Swarajya https://bharatshakti.in/the-doklam-stand-off-some-lessons/ August 29, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired); 1 Print Email Editor’s Note The stand-off at Sikkim is into its third month now with no signs of abating. Both countries continue to glare at each other with China also ratcheting up a media war to cower India that it considers as its…
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The Tale Of Two Corridors Beyond Gwadar & Chabahar
Image Courtesy: World News Report https://bharatshakti.in/the-tale-of-two-corridors-beyond-gwadar-chabahar/ September 06, 2017; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired); 1 Print Email Editor’s Note The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) terminates at Gwadar Port. Its value for China is indeed strategic. However, what it would do to Pakistan’s economy and sovereignty is debatable. Next to Gwader, less than a 100 km away,…
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