Gunners Shot

INDIA Originally published by Firstpost .  @  https://www.firstpost.com/india/time-for-india-to-leverage-global-anti-china-sentiment-towards-strategic-autonomy-10222961.html Time for India to leverage global anti-China sentiment towards strategic autonomy Today, China with its assertive attitude is virtually frightening away investors. If India fails to grab this opening, there will be no alternative for investors but to go back to China PR Shankar December 20, 2021 09:32:05 IST Representational image. Three headlines grabbed my attention. The  Times of India  stated: “ Semiconductor shortage: Cabinet approves Rs 76,000 crore incentive plan to woo manufacturers ”.  South China Morning Post  stated: “ Is India the new China for start-up investors? ”.  Bloomberg Quint  headline read: “ India’s Next Software Boom: A New Tryst With Destiny ”. While each headline tells you its story, when they are put together a larger picture looms in the air. We need...

CLICK ON PICTURE ABOVE TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE In 2019, one of my articles was rejected by a leading news portal. The editor felt that it was not worth. That was when I decided to start my own blog and called it  'Gunners Shot '. Initially the response was low...typical...if there were 50-views per day on the blog...it was celebration time. As things evolved, viewership has increased. After more than 400 posts, the viewership is to shortly hit the 2 million mark spanning 25 countries. As I wrote more, my knowledge increased and so did the scope of my articles. As my confidence increased the subjects have also expanded.  Of late I have been getting requests for articles / references on specific subjects on which I had written. I found that I could not give any answer other than - " please search my blog ". The blog was not well catalogued and one could not pick an article easily from it. That was when I decided to catalogue the articles and video presentations  in some c...

Lt Gen Satish Dua and I resumed with 'The Generals Talk' after a long time. It was an interesting talk since the subject was Pakistan. However one issue which came out of the discussion was that Pakistan might be down temporarily but it is not out. One should never the Pakistani ability to create mischief. Pakistan is and will remain India's most dangerous adversary for a long time to come.   

There is lot of speculation on the choice of the next CDS. Rumours are flying thick and fast as also articles are being written in favour of one or the other. In this video we bring out the span of the CDS and what it involves in choosing the CDS.    

 PART 1 :  Basics of PLA and Its Evolution Click here to see PART  1 PART  2 - Organisation and Command Structure  Click here to see PART 2 In this part Aadi and I expand on the various Forces of the PLA as an explanation to its organisation; which we outlined in Part 2.   

My last  article was a peek into China through extracts from South China Morning Post.  Time to get back to Pakistan and excerpts from DAWN. There is something very familiar about Pakistan…it is known territory…easy to understand…and stirs up our mental faculties and juices very well. All our analysts and experts , specially the valley based military variety can offer an educated opinion…after all it is difficult to decipher the inscrutable noodles of the Chinese. However we have to understand one thing…never discount Pakistan. In defensive fire planning, the DF (SOS) always caters for the most dangerous approach of the enemy. Similarly, I have always maintained that while China is the most obvious, bigger and future threat to India it is Pakistan which is the more dangerous one…. We all know that sleeping with the dragon is difficult…even if it is not breathing fire...if it tosses around, its sheer weight could crush you…however Pakistan is different…it is a viper…u...