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Gwadar’s Reality : Pakistan’s Dubai or China’s Overseas Command HQ?
Gwadar has been touted as the Jewel in the crown of CPEC. Pakistan hyped up Gwadar as its Dubai which will revive its fortunes and make it a great power. Lot of plans were made and announced in 2013. Billions of dollars have been sunk in to build an unused port and an unused airport.…
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An Examination of Conventional Weapons Technology of PLA
By Lt Gen PR Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (R) Published in Strategic Reflections, 2024 by CENTRE FOR LAND WARFARE STUDIES (CLAWS), OCT 2024, SABRE & QUILL PUBLISHERS, NEW DELHI. Pages 203- 221 General Transformation of the PLA began with ‘four modernisations’ under Deng Xiaoping. Since then, China has been consistently enhancing its defence expenditure in order to…
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FOUR YEARS ON THE LAC IS CHINA’S DEFEAT
The PLA spent four years on the LAC to go back to the points where it started from. What did it achieve? In my opinion – DEFEAT. I have elucidated it in this video. The events of the past four years have been examined against the background of China’s historical actions in Korea, India(62), Vietnam,…
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PAKISTAN’S UNSTABLE RIIMLANDS
Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza and I had a very interesting conversation on Pakistan and its unstable rimlands. The issue gravitated to reunification of POJK and GB with India. Many in India want to re-unify POJK and GB militarily. That is the worst option with a certainty of failure. Despite all the unrest in POJK and…
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A Hypersonic Shock to China and Beyond
The reaction from the tabloid Chinese press is that India’s Hypersonic test is worse than ‘Houthi’ quality and that a HGV was not fired. Be that as it may, the fact remains that the air vehicle did achieve all its payments of range and manoeuvrability. Means do not matter, ends do. To that extent once…
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India’s Perilous Standoff with China
My article in the Economic Times : https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/blog/indias-perilous-standoff-with-china-what-can-modi-govt-do-to-resolve-the-border-imbroglio/113638394 Lt Gen PR Shankar , ET Government Mr Jaishankar, our EAM, has been quoted as saying that about 75% of the disengagement issues of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China have been resolved. The Chinese Foreign ministry has stated said that troops have withdrawn from four locations in Eastern Ladakh including Galwan Valley. It…
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The Coming War With China By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
In this game of chicken, India must factor in two issues. Never count the Pakistanis out. They will jump into the conflict with glee to assist China and inflict a defeat on India. Secondly, India should be prepared for escalation and ‘go it alone’. India will also do well to develop its ties with the…
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WAR AS WE KNEW IT IS OVER
The simple military mind which often sees war in black and white terms as a contest between opposing forces where victory goes to the side with better leadership, training, preparedness and weaponry must hereafter be prepared to prosecute war perpetually in the gray zone. LT GEN P R SHANKAR, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (RETIRED) Published in…
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Space : The Ubiquitous Dimension of Military Matters By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published By CENJOWS in Synergy Feb 2024 Issue Pages 1-13 Space : The Fourth Dimension of War Traditionally wars were fought in three dimensions – land air and sea. As early as the 80’s, it was felt that Space was the fourth and newest military dimension[1]. Military experts began discussing space power, its implications and…
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Rise of Rockets and Missiles in Conflicts By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
New Delhi, IndiaWritten By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)Updated: May 18, 2024, 03:47 PM IST Published in WION News @ https://www.wionews.com/opinions-blogs/rise-of-rockets-and-missiles-in-conflicts-722719 STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict indicated how conventional wars will be fought using rockets, missiles, drones, and artillery. While its highlight was the extensive use of drones to complement conventional artillery, it also featured…
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