Overview
- General Anil Chauhan said India must be ready for short, high-intensity operations to deter terrorism as well as prolonged, land-centric wars driven by territorial disputes.
- He alluded to two nuclear-capable adversaries without naming them and insisted that deterrence should not be breached.
- He outlined future conflict as multi-domain “convergence warfare” across cyber, space, the electromagnetic spectrum and the cognitive domain, propelled by technologies like AI, quantum, hypersonics, robotics and advanced materials.
- He said multi-domain operations will be a necessity requiring cross-domain capabilities and command-and-control linking the Army, Navy, Air Force, and cyber, space and cognitive forces.
- The doctrine push is tied to defence–academia efforts at IIT Bombay’s CDTIS, which has about 20 projects and newly approved PhD programs, while DRDO showcased a recruitment vertical for Remotely Operated Aircraft at Techfest.