Disruption in military affairs (DMA) Archives

Garnering Artificial Intelligence For Indian Armed Forces

Lt Gen P R Shankar - February 3, 2020

There is a lot of discussion and action on artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies and how they will impact warfare . The Chinese White Paper on defence at the very outset mentions that...

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...

GENERALSHIP IN MULTI DOMAIN OPERATIONS

Lt Gen P R Shankar - November 23, 2019

Preamble This article has been motivated by “Imbalance of Power. India’s Military Choices in an Era of Strategic Competition with China” (https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/imbalance-of-power) and “Do Generals Matter” (https://warontherocks.com/2019/06/do-generals-matter/) and War is Changing. Are We? (https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/10/war-is-changing-are-we-by-lt-gen-p-r.html) amongst...