Overview

• Calling land the 'currency of victory' in a two-and-a-half-front environment, the Army chief underscored the primacy of territorial control in India’s context.
• He set three priorities to sustain longer conflicts: force visualisation, force protection and force application, citing lessons from recent wars.
• Operation Sindoor was described as a whole-of-nation effort featuring dispersed drone activity and cyber operations that blurred traditional front lines.
• The Army used its secure indigenous SAMBHAV mobile ecosystem for command and communications during Sindoor and plans further upgrades.
• Pushing Atmanirbharta, he flagged the need for low-cost, high-tech systems and longer-range capabilities, including loitering munitions and missiles moving toward ranges near 750 km, as industry-military partnerships deepen.