Need to extend surveillance envelope: Air Marshal Dixit

MODERN warfare has "fundamentally altered" the relationship between distance and vulnerability, and there is a need to “extend our surveillance envelope" to detect potential threats much before they approach the border, a top military officer said on Wednesday.

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In his address at an event held at Subroto Park, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit also asserted that Operation Sindoor demonstrated that indigenous innovation, when properly harnessed, can “match and even exceed" international benchmarks.

The domain of surveillance and EO (electro-optics) system has evolved. It was a "force enhancer", now it is slowly becoming a foundation upon which modern military operations will take place, he said.

"I have witnessed this transformation first-hand throughout my career. And, today, we stand at a cusp of a revolution that will define how we perceive, process and project power, in the 21st century,” Air Marshal Dixit said.

He emphasised that the recent months have provided "compelling evidence" of the same.

In his address, he laid stress on the critical importance of "deep surveillance" in contemporary warfare.