Lieutenant General P R Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC is a retired Gunner officer . He served in the Indian Army for four decades. He retired as the Director General of Artillery. Currently he is a Professor of Practice in the Aerospace Department of IIT Madras
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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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Small and Cheap Technologies in Battle
Small and Cheap technologies are ruling the roost in battle these days. In this video I give an overview as to how simple day to day technology has made an impact on the battle field in recent conflicts – most notably Ukraine. The thing to understand is that the Cheap and Small technologies are being…
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Chinese Military Drills and The Island Too Far
The Chinese have carried out their naval and air drills around Taiwan for the thud time in a row. There is a pattern emerging in these drills. Will it lead to an attack or a blockade? I doubt. It is more of cognitive warfare in the best traditions of the huff and puff of the…
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Future of POK
This discussion with Tahir Gora on the future of POK was intuitive to say the least. What came out was that the fortunes of Pakistan are irreversibly on the down slope and the unrepresented people of POK including those in Gilgit Baltistan are completely disaffected and disillusioned with their status. More importantly they have realised…
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Russia China Ties and Impact on India
Tahir Gora and I had an informed discussion on the deepening Russia China ties and its impact on India. In this discussion Tahir Gora put some very interesting questions to me and I surprised myself with the way I handled the topic. It was a very wholesome and wideranging discussion.
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Military Technologies of the Century and Applicability in Battle
In this episode I have explained the Military Technologies which will dominate this century and how they will be applied in battle. This is largely based on the ongoing conflicts.
Gunners Shot 