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India must prepare for a multi-domain war
- July 3, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, Military, Strategic Affairs
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China’s confrontation with India is not all about the boundary issue, but a political act to offset its present challenges, and demonstrate its rising comprehensive national power (CNP). The Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership that increasingly relies on nationalism for its legitimacy will not find it easy to make the compromises necessary for a boundary settlement.
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Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone prevails)
- July 3, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: China, Military, Strategic Affairs
My thoughts are with Col Santosh Babu and our soldiers who sacrificed themselves for us in Galwan. Their bravery will be an example and inspiration for future generations of Indians.
They have given their today for our tomorrow.My heart goes to their families and near and dear ones. My salutes to them.
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The Weak Heart of CPEC – Neglected Beyond Repair?
- July 2, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Pakistan, SAARC, Strategic Affairs
Editor’s Note
We have already published a fairly large number of articles by the author on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in BharatShakti. in. This article focuses primarily on the cascading effects of the CPEC on Baluchistan. Baluchistan, apparently, will barely have marginal gains while contributing the most among the Pakistani provinces for CPEC. The protests of the locals are already audible and are likely to rise in decibel levels as the project progresses. -
All About Strategic and Defence Matters
- July 2, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: India
Many businesses, large and small, have a huge source of great ideas that can help them improve, innovate, and grow, and yet so many of these companies never think of using this amazing corporate asset. What is this highly valuable asset? Its own people.
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Role of Political Guidance for Self-Reliance in Defence
- July 1, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: India
Many businesses, large and small, have a huge source of great ideas that can help them improve, innovate, and grow, and yet so many of these companies never think of using this amazing corporate asset. What is this highly valuable asset? Its own people.
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National Security, Military Modernisation and Budgets
- June 30, 2020
- Posted by: Maj Gen Birender Dhanoa (Retd)
- Categories: General Topics, Military
Unforeseen events have a tendency to upend all assumptions, and 2020, thus far, has turned out to be an “annus horribilis” in this regard for Indian defence planners. The global pandemic has squeezed economic activity, forcing a 20 percent reduction in defence spending for Q1, with the likelihood of it being extended for the entire FY.
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India Needs to have ‘Chini Kam’
- June 30, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, Foreign Affairs, Strategic Affairs
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” rather than being treacherous, they would have been a superpower by now. So anything long-term about Chinese is a carefully cultivated myth. Their invincibility was brutally exposed by our gallant Biharis, Punabis, Sikhs, Thambis and others in Galwan Valley. The action of our boys shows that a united India can ensure “Chini Kam”.
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Galwan: China’s Information War
- June 29, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Military, Strategic Affairs
In an unprecedented disregard for the prevalent peace and tranquility along the India-China Line of Actual Control (LAC), PLA troops transgressed the LAC at three locations in eastern Ladakh, forcing the Indian Army to prevent them from any ingress leading to faceoff at Galwan and Pangang Tso. Again in a first since 20 October 1975, 20 Indian soldiers made the supreme sacrifice at Galwan when implementing an agreement arrived at by top military commanders on 6 June 2020.
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Garnering Artificial Intelligence for Indian Armed Forces
- June 26, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: General Topics, Military
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 the application of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information, big data, cloud computing and the Internet of things is gathering pace in the military field. Obviously, they are going to bet big on these subjects.
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India-China standoff : Need to be prepared for two-and-half front war (Part III of three-part series)
- June 26, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Foreign Affairs, Military, Strategic Affairs
“The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected,” Sun Tzu, The Art of War.
