Overview

• General Upendra Dwivedi said a whole-of-nation mobilization let authorities "tick all the right boxes" without placing India on a formal war footing.
• He described extensive drone activity and cyber attacks, noting a diffused battlespace with no defined front line.
• To sustain longer conflicts, he outlined priorities of force visualization, protection, and application, connected through robust communications and cyber.
• He urged investment in low-cost, high-tech systems and highlighted growing self-reliance, citing industry–academia links and most ammunition now produced in India.
• Political debate continued at the state level, with Gujarat’s assembly passing a resolution praising the operation as the opposition questioned intelligence lapses before the Pahalgam attack.