CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF AT CHANAKYA DEFENCE DIALOGUE ‘Ability to anticipate, prepare for conflicts existential, not optional’

Warfare invents itself constantly and concepts that appear futuristic can become obsolete even before they are implemented, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Thursday, and asserted that the ability to “visualise, anticipate and prepare” for future conflicts, therefore becomes existential for a military, and it’s “not an option’.

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In his special address on “Future Wars: Strategic Posturing Through Military Power” on the opening day of the third edition of the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, a key conclave hosted by the Army here, he said knowing the enemy in the context when warfare is already on, is becoming more and more important.

“And, probably in future, in a battle, not allowing the enemy to know about himself, will become a battle-winning factor,’ the CDS said, without elaborating.

HIGHLIGHTS

> The CDS made the remarks during the third edition of the Chanakya Defence Dialogue

> On the subject of the nuclear domain, he said, today, this ‘particular stability is weakening’

> He said knowing the enemy in the context

He also underlined that conventional deterrence is taking on a “new form’, adding to the complexities of the task that the military has to carry out.

On the subject of the nuclear domain, he said, today, this “particular stability is weakening”