Overview

• General Anil Chauhan said India is peace‑loving but not pacifist, calling peace without power utopian and invoking the maxim, “if you want peace, prepare for war.”
• He outlined Sudarshan Chakra as an indigenous air‑defence network that would act as both shield and sword, integrate missiles, sensors and AI‑driven ISR across domains, and is aimed for 2035.
• The project will demand a whole‑of‑nation effort and colossal tri‑service integration, including kinetic and directed‑energy options plus big‑data, quantum and advanced computation.
• Operation Sindoor was described as a modern conflict whose lessons are being implemented, with the CDS stating the operation is still ongoing.
• Ran Samvad at the Army War College in Mhow features serving officers leading practitioner panels, releases of joint doctrines on multi‑domain, Special Forces, and airborne/heliborne operations, and a closing address by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.