Palepu Ravi Shankar

Preface to the book Generalship its Diseases and Their Cure by Maj Gen JFC Fuller At the battle of Waterloo, Colonel Clement, an infantry commander, fought with the most conspicuous bravery; but unfortunately, was shot through the head....

The young Pilot was standing next to his Alloutte Helicopter, morose at having been put down in the morning medical before flying. As he returned from the dispersal murmuring some expletives, he had a quick...

Dear Mr Nitin Pai, I read with interest your opinion piece in The Print titled Don’t politicise Indian armed forces. Just look at what it did to our police ( https://theprint.in/opinion/dont-politicise-indian-armed-forces-just-look-at-what-it-did-to-our-police/241965/). I agree with your fundamental idea that...

Dear Mr Nitin Pai, I read your opinion piece in live mint about how new military bases could seed new cities and create jobs with great interest. ( https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/opinion-how-new-military-bases-could-seed-new-cities-and-create-jobs-1558885126976.html) Your fundamental idea of creating a win-win...

In the heat of our election results a news item slipped by. “Pakistan test-fires ballistic missile Shaheen-II”. The thought again came to mind. Naya Pakistan- Na tel (no oil). Na Pani (no water). Na...

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...

  The articles ‘New High Res Satellite Imagery Suggests Balakot Airstrike a ‘Precise Miss’’and ‘Were India’s airstrikes in Pakistan a strategy for public approval’? by a set of researchers from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute...

Debate is raging in the political, military, diplomatic and journalistic circles regarding the Surgical Strike strategy of the current government vs the Strategic Restraint exhibited by previous governments. These strategies are either extolled or...

The Pinaka is a multi-barreled rocket launcher capable of firing twelve 210 mm rockets in 44 seconds at a range of 38 km. In 2015, an Extended Range Unguided Pinaka Rocket was fired to...

Dawn - Seventeen years after first banning militant groups, Pakistan is once again at a crossroads. (https://www.dawn.com/news/1468717/renewed-campaign) If in seventeen years a nation does not know that it took a wrong turn then, the likelihood of taking the...

PURANA PAKISTAN HANGS PRIME MINISTER NAYA PAKISTAN PROTECTS TERRORISTS AND JAILS PRIME MINISTER! The high-profile aerial exchanges between us and the Deep State are over. Some de-escalation has taken place. The nuclear risk has been pushed back for...

AMRAM MISSILE RECOVERED IN RAJOURI MISSILE GIVEN TO PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR MISSILE USED BY PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR FOR TERROR CHINA CLAIMS PAKISTAN IN THE FOREFRONT OF ANTI TERROR OPERATIONS! MEDIA HYPE? NO HARD FACTS! The...

Well begun is half done. One emotion which integrates all Pakistanis is hatred for India. Pakistani Army practices exhibition of rationality-irrationality. That is on display. The other half won’t be easy to sort out Rubicon Crossed India crossed a Rubicon...