Notes by Dehran

Picked up "Preparing India for an Age of Perpetual Strategic Contestations" by Lt Gen DP Pandey. @LtGenDPPandey A soldier's take on the new geometry of war, power & intelligence. Eager to read, learn & share my notes here. Watch this space for insights from the General’s Book. #Geopolitics #NationalSecurity @ChinarcorpsIA @TinyDhillon

6/ Recap: 1. A race with a finish line. 2. Hide the ambition. 3. Kill with a borrowed sword. 4. Two charts, one relationship. 5. What goes unpriced gets repeated. The thesis is debated. The discipline isn't: study the long game. #BookTwitter #Geopolitics

5/ Aggressive move. Complaints. Essentially no price. Political gains banked. Repeat. Pillsbury's fix starts with counting: an annual report of all US agency assistance to China. What goes unpriced gets repeated. #Deterrence #GrandStrategy

4/ Americans see relations that ebb and flow. Beijing, he says, assumes constant US hostility and deception. One mistranslation hid it: Kissinger heard "leaders" where the meaning was "wrongdoers and tyrants." Read a rival in its own terms. #Diplomacy #Intelligence

3/ "Kill with a borrowed sword": attack using the strength of another. Pillsbury's account: Beijing drew Soviet aid against America, then American backing against the Soviets. Before backing a partner, ask whose sword you are becoming. #Statecraft #GreatPowers

2/ "Never ask the weight of the emperor's cauldrons." Don't let a rival know you are one until it's too late to stop you. Deng's version: hide your ambitions, build your capability. Watch what is being built, not what is said. #Strategy #Deception

Michael Pillsbury argues that China's hawks have been running a 100-year race to replace America by 2049. 5 lessons from The Hundred-Year Marathon 🧵 1/ It's a race with a finish line. Judge a rival by its time horizon, not this year's headlines. #Geopolitics #China

If there are any views/ comments on the key lessons, I will reply and include in consolidated one page summary of this book.

"7 Seconds to Die" in 7 lines. 1. Speed decides survival. 2. Seen + Hit = Kill. 3. Fires must enable manoeuvre. 4. Kill chain becomes AI kill web. 5. Sensors outrank strike systems. 6. The info war is decisive. 7. Armour needs 9 design parameters. #7SecondsToDie #FutureWar

7/ The Need for Fifth-Generation Striking Power Traditional armour is vulnerable to advanced drones. Future designs must go beyond firepower, mobility and protection to nine parameters, including computing power, stealth and robotic networking. #DefenseInnovation #NextGenTech