Generally, on Generals by Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
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; […]
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The Hormonal Imbalance
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 […]
Response to Mr Nitin Pai’s Opinion on Politicisation of Armed Forces
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 […]
A Differing Opinion on How New Military Bases Could Seed New Cities and Create Jobs
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 […]
Naya Pakistan – Na Paisa, Na Tel, Na Pani, But Shaheen Tested!
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 […]
A Simplistic Understanding of Low Earth Orbit Military Satellites
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 […]
A Rebuttal to Spice Miss Theories at Balakot
The articles ‘New High Res Satellite Imagery Suggests Balakot Airstrike a ‘Precise Miss’’[1]and ‘Were India’s airstrikes in Pakistan a strategy for public approval’? by a set of researchers from […]
Strategic restraint Vs Surgical Strikes – A Pakistani viewpoint
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 […]
Pinaka – An Analysis of Success
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 […]
Cross Roads Beyond Balakot
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 […]
The long haul after Balakot
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. […]
