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CORONA COMBAT: THE SEVENTH REVIEW. ATTAINING STRATEGIC INDEPENDENCE By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

Sixth Review :  https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/corona-combat-sixth-review-defeat-into.html BETWEEN CHEAP CHINESE ITEMS AND THE VIRUS, I WILL TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THE VIRUS BE INDIAN BUY INDIAN The Current Status Seventh review! Long Time! Where are we in this fight? Well ahead of the curve . The Virus has not been able to do much in India. The facts speak for themselves. Mumbai, our worst hot spot has rarely had as many cases in a day as New York had deaths in a day. The number of cases in India is low. The transmission rates are low. Doubling rates are longer. The mortality rates are low. The graphs below tell a clear tale. PERCENTAGE OF CASES PER TEST  FATALITY RATES (% OF TOTAL CASES) The Virus is not killing people as much as we thought. India is intact. Looking ahead, we will continue to have losses. The Virus will not vanish. We will have to contend with it like Malaria. No medicines. No vaccines. Largely with behavioral ch...

MILITARY SECURITY MUST REMAIN IN FOCUS

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...

CORONA COMBAT: THE SIXTH REVIEW. DEFEAT INTO VICTORY BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

THIS IS AN USEFUL ANALYSIS FOR ANY ONE WHO IS HANDLING THE SITUATION IN THE GOVERNMENT. PLEASE PASS IT ON TO ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO IS IN THE THICK OF IT. IT WILL ENABLE THEM PLAN BETTER FIFTH REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-fifth-review-thinking.html FOURTH REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-fourth-review-on-to.html THIRD REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-third-review-by-lt.html SECOND REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-second-review-by-lt.html FIRST REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-corona-combat-review-of-situation.html PHASE 2: BREAK OUT STAGE The question is who will break out? The disease or us? It is a delicate stage of the battle. The Virus can attack us from all sides outside our lock down fortress. We are exposing ourselves and our vulnerability in this graded exit. Is our vulnerabili...