Overview

• General Anil Chauhan said Operation Sindoor is still ongoing and that lessons from the May campaign are already being implemented.
• Outlining Mission Sudarshan Chakra, the CDS described an indigenous air- and missile-defence project targeting 2035 that will function as both shield and sword and demand extensive multi-domain integration with AI, kinetic and directed-energy options.
• Ran Samvad, a first-of-its-kind practitioner-led tri-service seminar at the Army War College in Mhow, is focused on shortening decision cycles through joint training and rapid tech absorption.
• Organisers said joint doctrines on multi-domain, special forces and airborne/heliborne operations, along with a Technology Perspective & Capability Roadmap, are slated for release during the conclave.
• The Defence Minister’s plenary underscores that future conflicts span space and cyber domains and require sustained readiness, advanced ISR and counter‑UAS capabilities, and resilient logistics.