Tag: INDIAN MILITARY AFFAIRS
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OPEN SOURCE LETTER TO THE HONORABLE PRIME MINISTER ON TRANSFORMATION OF ARMED FORCES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India Honourable Prime Minister, At the outset, a very good day to you. I am a retired Army officer, presently in the Aerospace Engineering Department of IIT Madras and have been trying to bridge the yawning gap between our brains and our brawn. Sir, when you became our…
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OPEN SOURCE LETTER TO OUR RAKSHA MANTRI
Shri Rajnath Singh Honourable Raksha Mantri Government of India, My…
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Response to Mr Nitin Pai's Opnion on Politicisation of Armed Forces by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Dear Mr Nitin Pai, I read with interest your opinion piece in The Print titled Dont Politicise Indian Armed Forces. Just Look at What it Did to Our Police. I agree with your fundamental idea that the Armed Forces should not be politicized. However, the premise that “Deployment of Armed Forces in Jammu & Kashmir over…
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A Differing Opinion on How New Military Bases Could Seed New Cities and Create Jobs by Lt Gen P R Shankar (r)
Dear Mr Nitin Pai, I read your opinion piece in live mint about how new military bases could seed new cities and create jobs with great interest. ( https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/opinion-how-new-military-bases-could-seed-new-cities-and-create-jobs-1558885126976.html) Your fundamental idea of creating a win-win situation is good. The idea that Armed Forces can move out of existing areas in cities and resettle 30—40 km…
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REBUTTAL TO A REBUTTAL OF MY REBUTTAL OF THE ‘SPICE MISS’ THEORY AT BALAKOT
Today my day was made. After three weeks I got a response on my blog (https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-rebuttal-to-spice-miss-theories-at.html) on my views which I had expressed wherein I had proved beyond doubt that A. The Australian expert was flawed and probably biased. B. There was no way the Spice bombs would have missed at Balakot. The response I…
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A REBUTTAL TO SPICE MISS THEORIES AT BALAKOT BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Authors note: all photographs are taken from the articles referred to in the main body This article can also be found @ https://sniwire.com/defence-security/2672/ The articles ‘New High Res Satellite Imagery Suggests Balakot Airstrike a ‘Precise Miss’’[1]and ‘Were India’s airstrikes in Pakistan a strategy for public approval’?[2] by a set of researchers from the Australian Strategic Policy…
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