Overview

• General Anil Chauhan called for rapid adoption of disruptive technologies and restructuring of legacy defence frameworks to boost joint operations across the Army, Navy and Air Force.
• He urged the military to challenge Pakistan’s full-spectrum deterrence doctrine by maintaining round-the-clock readiness to respond to any state or non-state aggression.
• Highlighting modern conflict dynamics, Chauhan cited Operation Sindoor as an example of high-speed, high-impact precision strikes that deliver decisive results without capturing territory.
• He inaugurated the CENJOWS Trident Lecture Series by releasing the first General Bipin Rawat Paper on Manned-Unmanned Teaming and the August 2025 issue of Synergy journal.
• The speech outlined an Indian way of war-fighting that fuses kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities under unified theatre commands for multi-domain operations.