Overview

• The two-day tri-service seminar opened at the Army War College in Mhow with serving officers leading sessions on modern war and technology.
• Chauhan said responses to future threats must be unified, swift and decisive, urging institutionalised joint training and rapid adoption of AI, cyber and quantum tools.
• Detailing Mission Sudarshan Chakra, he described a multi-layer air defence that integrates multi-domain ISR, missiles, counter‑UAVs and directed‑energy options, targeting 2035 for rollout with a whole‑of‑nation approach.
• He affirmed that Operation Sindoor is still on, calling it a modern conflict whose lessons are being implemented across the services.
• Organisers said Ran Samvad will see the release of three joint doctrines on multi‑domain, Special Forces and airborne/heliborne operations, plus a Technology Perspective & Capability Roadmap, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to deliver the closing plenary.