Tag: MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
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ASAT OPERATIONALISATION A SIMPLISTIC VIEW by Lt Gen P R Shankar
Let us get turn away for a moment from the heat and dust of Indian electoral politics and talk again of ASAT, which creates a different kind of dust – Star Dust. More lethal than imagination. This article may kindly be read with my earlier articles at links indicated below for a better understanding https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-quick-supplement-for-understanding…
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A SIMPLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF LOW EARTH ORBIT MILITARY SATELLITES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR
MOST PEOPLE IN/OUT OF UNIFORM DO NOT UNDERSTAND SPACE RELATED ISSUES. AFTER ALL IT IS ‘ROCKET SCIENCE‘. HOWEVER TO BE IGNORANT OF THE COMING TIDE IS SACRILEGE FOR A MAN IN UNIFORM. …
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A Quick Supplement For Understanding The Role and Context Of Anti-Satellite Weapons By Lt Gen P.R. Shankar
A satellite can be used for many military purposes. Primarily, military satellites are used for Communication, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, Navigation, Meteorological Observations and Electronic Warfare. Theoretically any satellite, can carry out these functions whether it is in High, Geostationary, Mid or Low Earth orbits. However, from a practical point of view it is the…
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ISRO and IIT Madras can bring to life Sivakasi’s dying firecracker industry By Lt Gen P R Shankar (r)
see the print.in for the original article Defence ministry too wants to indegenise ammunition production, and Tamil Nadu govt can use this to turn Sivakasi into a propellant manufacturing hub. The toxic chemicals whose manufacturing brought the environmental spotlight on Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi may just help transform the city’s fortunes after all — with some…
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