Lt Gen P R Shankar

These days 5G and Huawei is in the news. Most people ask - why it is such a big affair? In most conversations about ‘5G’ it seems that it is wiser to say ‘Haan...

Current Scenario Earlier, I had written that the Chinese will start talking peace once the odds are against them. The standoffs had only two outcomes. They end at a table and China withdraws to resume as an unmanned...

    Profound myopic vision consistent with its turbulent history has led China to squander a strategic opportunity to achieve global greatness when the Wuhan virus broke. If only they were honest about their “Peaceful Rise”...

    If you have chosen to face the Indian Armed Forces,  you have chosen to face death and defeat. Ask the Pakistanis they have the best experience. The Chinese have recently joined their ranks. There is clarity that the...

  CHINA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE  WITH ITS BABY IN ITS LAP, ‘THE WUHAN VIRUS’ CRYING FOR MORE Do not trouble the trouble until the trouble troubles you. This is common sense...

  It is my deep belief that “technology owned is cheap and technology bought is costly”. India has paid dearly due to not owning it since Independence in 1947. To be a power of reckoning,...

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 made...

  A FOLLOWUP ON ACROSS THE WALL - NATIONALISM TO AGGRESSION At the outset, the face offs at Galwan and Nakula are uncharacteristic; in hitherto-fore undisputed areas. These have a co-relationship. Currently there are three ongoing...

    Military Aggression People are wondering as to where the ongoing Sino Indian Military standoffs along the LAC are heading. I am clear and confident that Indian Army will give a befitting reply under the circumstances....

  The World wants China to be like it! China wants the World to be like it!   General Things are moving quite rapidly globally. The Virus is raging on, under control or making a comeback depending on where...

The Pandemic Effect The Pandemic is a watershed event of 21st Century. The eventual normal is more than 4-5 years away. In between there will be many false normals. Major upheavals in geopolitics, economies and lifestyles...

  The Report A South China Morning Post report says that some retired Chinese military leaders have suggested the United States is not in a position to defend Taiwan at present because all four of its...

OUR DESTINY IS IN OUR HANDS  EIGHTH REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/corona-combat-eighth-review-graded-exit.html   General We are on our way to control our own destiny. As individuals, as a nation and as a people, each of us controls our destiny and it is...