Tag: DEFENCE MODERNISATION
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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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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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Why India can't afford to delay in developing its own defence equipment
https://www.dailyo.in/variety/defence-equipment-armed-forces-cash-strapped-army-defence-forces-make-in-india/story/1/24811.html VARIETY | 7-minute read | 12-06-2018 LT-GEN PR SHANKAR (RETD) Two recent incidents evoked emotions which I felt I should share with everyone. We recently lost a dynamic Air Commodore in a tragic crash flying a 30-year-old aircraft and numerous articles indicate that the US is trying to block the purchase of the S400…
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Watch out! India set to have world's most fearsome artillery
https:// Watch out! India set to have world’s most fearsome artillery Our surveillance, target acquisition and retaliatory capabilities are climbing a ‘never before’ path. POLITICS | 5-minute read | 23-05-2017 LT-GEN PR SHANKAR (RETD) A few days ago, the arrival of the first two 155mm M777 ultra-light howitzers on Indian soil was hailed by the…
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Defence Planning – Different Approaches
https://bharatshakti.in/defence-planning-different-approaches/ December 02, 2016; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired) Print Email Editor’s Note The new DPP 2016 has been hailed as a path breaking document that will provide the right set of procedures and processes to drive our defence acquisition at the desired pace. However, it hasn’t quite been able to generate the momentum that…
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Better Buying Power For Defence Acquisitions In India
https://bharatshakti.in/better-buying-power-for-defence-acquisitions-in-india/ December 28, 2016; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired); 1 Print Email Editor’s Note We have already run an article on the acquisition process in UK by Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired). In this article the author takes a look at the model in use in USA. Central to the acquisition model in the US is the…
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MODERNISING ARMED FORCES ON TIGHT DEFENSE BUDGETS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Reality Check Is the Indian Economy in a slump or on a slow growth path? We could debate it. Either way the consequential reality will be that Armed Forces are up against tighter budgetary constraints. The other reality is that China and Pakistan seem to have no constraints on their defense allocations irrespective of their…
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A FRAMEWORK FOR DEFENCE INTERACTION WITH IITS By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
This is an extension of my article Defence Technology – An Indian Conundrum KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. IT COMES FROM RESEARCH. RESEARCH GENERATES TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY OWNED IS CHEAP. TECHNOLOGY BOUGHT IS COSTLY From Oxymoronism to a Framework India lacks adequate defense technology. It needs to invest in defense R&D if it must be a power of reckoning.…
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Defence Technology – An Indian Conundrum by Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
The US has a new command called the Army Futures Command which aims to modernise the Army. It had six priorities- long range precision fire, next generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift platforms, a mobile and expeditionary Army network,…
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INDIAN ARMED FORCES OR OLIVER TWISTS OF INDIA? BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (retd)
May I Have Some More? That was Oliver Twist’s classic question for which he got caned at the orphanage for asking for some extra gruel. 1.5 % of the GDP allocated for defence evokes hunger of the Oliver Twist variety in the Armed Forces who have been asking for more for from the Government for…
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