Overview
- At the Delhi Defence Dialogue, CDS General Anil Chauhan called Operation Sindoor a compelling example executed with precision strikes, network-centric operations, digitised intelligence and multi-domain tactics in a compressed timeframe.
- He said technological superiority has become decisive in combat and urged military leadership to adapt swiftly to evolving realities.
- Chauhan highlighted the proliferation of sensors, artificial intelligence and automation enabling near-total battlefield transparency and faster decisions, and he described space as a decisive battlefield.
- The MP-IDSA-hosted event, inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, brought together policymakers, industry and academia to discuss harnessing new-age technologies for defence capability development.
- MP-IDSA DG Sujan Chinoy underscored AI, robotics and quantum as key to future security with a push for balanced foreign acquisition and indigenous manufacturing, while Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi advanced a '3Ds' focus of democratisation, diffusion and demography.