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THE POST BALAKOT REVIEW BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Pakistani FM to BBC: War would be suicidal. Pakistan has already started negotiating with a gun to its head! Welcome home Wing Commander Abhinanadan. Well done. You flew into the Valley of Death and survived. India is proud. Sincere condolences to Air Marshal Waseem Ud Din on the loss of his son Shahaz Ud…
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BALAKOT – THE WESTERN MEDIA HOGWASH BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
AMRAM MISSILE RECOVERED IN RAJOURI MISSILE GIVEN TO PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR MISSILE USED BY PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR FOR TERROR CHINA CLAIMS PAKISTAN IN THE FOREFRONT OF ANTI TERROR OPERATIONS! MEDIA HYPE? NO HARD FACTS! The Western Media Hogwash There is a WhatsApp message floating around which contains the views of New…
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THE BALAKOT FALLOUT- AN ANALYSIS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Well begun is half done. One emotion which integrates all Pakistanis is hatred for India. Pakistani Army practices exhibition of rationality-irrationality. That is on display. The other half won’t be easy to sort out Note: please read this with my other blogs on this issue to get a 360-degree view Rubicon Crossed India crossed…
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DESTRUCTION OF THE DEEP STATE – A NATIONAL APPROACH BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
TARGET THE PAKISTANI ARMY. THE IMBALANCING CENTRE OF GRAVITY MUST BE DESTROYED Authority Without Responsibility The Pakistani Army is in pole position. Full authority. No responsibility. Carry on with proxy war against India. Provoke the Indian Army. Wave the nuclear card at the slightest indication of a conventional Indian retaliation. Anyway the conventional window is…
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STUFF HEROES ARE MADE OF
THIS IS A NARRATION OF A REAL LIFE HERO BY LT GEN SATISH DUA (RETD) WHO WAS HIS CORPS COMMANDER ‘Sir I want to be with the boys’ said a 24 year old officer, refusing to go home on sick leave when I met him at Base Hospital at Srinagar with a jaw broken by…
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SOLVING THE KASHMIR PROBLEM – A ‘WHOLE OF THE NATION’ APPROACH ANALYSIS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
The centers of gravity in this issue are the Kashmiri people and the Pakistani army. Preserve the first and destroy the second Background The Pulwama bombing has happened when winds of global change are blowing – a shift from Globalization to Isolation, USA vacating Afghanistan, a bankrupt Pakistan seeking strategic space in Afghanistan, a cooling…
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India – Future Hub of Defence, Aerospace and Disaster Management By Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired)
Raksha – Anirveda. Vol 01, Issue 4, Jan-Mar 2019. .http://www.raksha-anirveda.com/india-future-hub-of-defence-aerospace-and-disaster-management/ Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurating UP Defence Industrial Corridor (Launch of projects) in Aligarh MEGATRENDS: Certain discernible megatrends are impacting the Defence, Security and Disaster Management firmament. The first is that there is a growing shift in global economic power from West to East. Secondly, the rate…
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UNRESTRICTED WARFARE: A PRESCRIPTION FOR CHINA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
Two Unrestricted Chinese Hammers and All Nails “If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.” So said Colonels Qiao and Wang when they outlined the concept of “Unrestricted Warfare”. Though primarily postulated to contend with America, the Chinese have been using this…
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AN UNSTABLE CHINA – THE INDIAN WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
The Outline of Instability China has commenced re-balancing its forces by downsizing its Army and boosting its Navy, Missile Force, and Strategic Support Force. Army personnel are to be reduced to below one million for the first time in its history. Xi, has ordered the PLA to be transformed into a world-class fighting force in the next three decades.…
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AN APPROACH TO ESTABLISHMENT OF TAMILNADU INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR (TANDICO) By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
General The Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor Defence was inaugurated by our Defence Minister, on 20 Jan 2019. It comprises of industrial hubs in Chennai, Hosur, Salem, Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli. Next week, during the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet at Chennai, aerospace and defence along with the defence corridor featured prominently. At the outset it…
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