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The Coronation of the King

Lt Gen P R Shankar - April 2, 2020

The Needle Points at China The Virus from Wuhan has shaken mankind. While everyone was probably expecting a life changing alien contact as depicted often by Hollywood, a viral protein from Wuhan has left us...

The Corona Combat: Review of the Situation in India

Lt Gen P R Shankar - April 2, 2020

The battle is truly joined with Corona Virus from Wuhan, China. We Indians are at Day 5 of the battle. Let us review the situation and see what lies ahead holistically. Every one of...

An Approach to the Af-Pak Region

Admin - March 10, 2020

The Af-Pak region has come into focus with the US-Taliban Deal. It is the start to the impending reduction and eventual exit of US forces from the region. This deal has taken place in...

The Virus Beyond Corona

Lt Gen P R Shankar - March 8, 2020

The Corona Virus is dominating international headlines as it rightly should. However, India is grappling with another virus – the US/Taliban deal. Both these viruses have a bearing on the Indian strategic landscape. There...

India at Strategic Crossroads

Lt Gen P R Shankar - March 2, 2020

The three pillars of hard power are the Economy, Diplomacy and Armed Forces. The Economy is in doldrums. The Diplomacy is enfeebled. The Armed Forces are aged. Overall, India needs a major rethink as...

Armed Forces at 58 and Aspirational Young India at 70

Lt Gen P R Shankar - February 15, 2020

The feedback I got on the article ‘1/3rd Fauji Retirement at 58' was illuminating and educative. It brought forth some fundamental issues which are relevant and must be considered before a case is taken...

1/3rd Fauji Retirement at 58

Lt Gen P R Shankar - February 14, 2020

India Today says that as per General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the rise in budget outlay for pensions of armed forces personnel is "unsustainable" and three Services are conducting a...

Modernising Armed Forces on Contracting Budgets

Lt Gen P R Shankar - February 3, 2020

Smell the Anasthesia As per Economic Times, the outlay for defence in the budget has been hiked by 5.8 per cent over the last year’s budget outlay. It is an increase of 1.9 per cent...

The Huawei Horse Trojanning India

Admin - January 15, 2020

The Trojan Horse The Achaeans battered their heads against the walls of Troy and were continuously repulsed for a decade. The breakthrough came when they used the Trojan Horse to breach the defenses of Troy...

Military Lessons from a Stalemate

Lt Gen P R Shankar - January 10, 2020

The US-Iran Spat in Brief On December 31, 2019, supporters of Iran backed militia attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. It was in retaliation to an US airstrike on a camp of an Iran backed...

War Waging Ways

Lt Gen P R Shankar - January 9, 2020

The targeted killing of Maj Gen Soleimani through a drone attack has set the social media abuzz. However, this comment by one veteran was reflective of our situation. “See the use of modern intelligence...

The Wider National Problem Beyond Pinaka

Lt Gen P R Shankar - January 6, 2020

The Comment “Long range artillery aided with precision can be a suitable complement for air-power and lack of fighter sqns of the IAF. The precision and low cost should be enough for us to procure...

Platforms for Defence Startups: The Way Forward

Lt Gen P R Shankar - December 31, 2019

RMA to DMA – Technologies Involved Disruption in Military Affairs (DMA) is here to stay. The transition from RMA to DMA has started. The technologies involved are many as shown in the graphic below. They...

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