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Earlier articles on Theatrisation    PRICKLES OF THEATRISATION OF COMMANDS @ The Prickles of Theaterisation of Commands By ... - Gunners Shotpalepurshankar.blogspot.com › 2020/03 › the-prickles-... SHAPES OF THEATRES  @  https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/02/shapes-of-theatres-by-lt-gen-p-r.html The COAS says that the process of theatrisation will be deliberate, thoughtful and well considered. I agree with him. It needs to be that way. I also agree with Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, ex DGMO, who in his article says that theatrisation must transform us into a regional power.    Recent media reports  mention that India is to get five theatre commands by 2022 and there is lot of commotion about it. However if you give a syndicate in the Junior Command course a couple of hours, they will probably spend an hour in general discussion, half an hour trying to understand what theatrisation is all about, discuss possible outlines for fifteen minutes and will mark the map in the last fifteen minutes.    Be

Also published in The Daily Guardian and CENJOWS @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=395 A birds eye view indicates conflict zones are in Africa, Middle East, West Asia,  South Asia and the South China Sea. Major defence spenders will also be in this region.   India is central to these zones. Recent Chinese aggression and assertion has driven up  security stakes for nations. The  Indo Pacific region has shot into prominence.   Many nations will now arm themselves as per the evolving paradigm. Nations which were dependent on China are looking for other options. An example is the submarine deal between China and Thailand which has been put on hold. It opens up space for India and  gives it an unique opportunity to be a net defence exporter.   The question which arises – Is India prepared to be a major defence exporter?   The draft ‘Defence Production & Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP) 2020’ was released recently. It aims to export Rs 35,000 Crore (US$ 5 Billion) in Aerospace and De

Demand for fact-finding grossly premature & unfair as situation still volatile in eastern Ladakh July 10, 2020,  5:32 PM  IST   P R Shankar  in  Voices   |   India   |   TOI       published @ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/demand-for-fact-finding-grossly-premature-unfair-when-situation-still-volatile-in-eastern-ladakh/  144 veterans have addressed a joint statement to the President, PM, RM, CDS and Chiefs of Services drawing attention to the failure in the political, civil, and military establishments, especially in intelligence acquisition in the ongoing Sino-Indian military situation in eastern Ladakh. They have demanded, that a ‘fact-finding body’ be constituted to go into various issues raised by them. To demand a ‘fact-finding body’ when the situation is still volatile belays good judgement. Besides finding facts ‘the body’ will find faults with individuals who are currently handling a volatile and critical situation. It places a gun to the commanders’ heads

MILITARY SECURITY MUST REMAIN IN FOCUS J&K and Pakistan 1.            Amidst a severe global pandemic, Kupwara incident in which we lost five of our brave soldiers is a grim reminder of what might be in store for us in the future. What will it take to instill some sense into Pakistani leaders especially its power brokers, the Pakistani Deep State to desist from undertaking such acts. Since Mar 1 st there have been over 12 incidents of killings in which seven Security Forces (SF) personnel and 21 terrorists have been killed including 7 civilians from the UT of J&K. If we were to add the number of cease fire violations which are in the past few days on the increase, the situation becomes even grave. Pakistani army violated the cease fire 646 time between 01 Jan to 23 Feb 20. The CFVs as we all know take place to facilitate infiltration across the Line of Control (LC). Cases of CFVs have sharply increased in the month of Apr 20 and as summers set in terrorist attacks are l

EMERGING CHALLENGES OF COVID AND CAN WE USE EX SERVICEMEN TO OVERCOME THEM    https://epaper.freepressjournal.in/2640139/Free-Press-Indore-Edition/19-Apr-2020#page/2     Rapidly Rising Threat 1.              The global statistics of COVID – 19 as of 16 April 17, 2020 reads, total positve cases 21, 82,190, deaths 145,521, recovered 547,295 and still active 1,489,381. The deaths being 6.7% of the total affected cases. If we were to look at the figures of India these stand at total cases 13,430, deaths 448 (3.4%), recovered 1,768 and still active 11, 214. It took roughly 4 months to reach 10 lakhs but only 14 days to reach 20 lakhs, implying that death and total cases will only mount as days pass by unless we do some critical intervention.  India has done well until now in managing the outbreak of COVID-19. It is a model that caters best for Indian conditions given its population concentration of weaker sections of the society and sheer geographic size. Many have now started refe