In Ran Samvad, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi gave a big and clear message on the changing methods of modern warfare. He said that today's world has moved beyond traditional warfare and has entered the era of 'Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), where the fight goes on simultaneously and continuously in all these areas - land, air, sea, cyber, space and cognitive.
The Army Chief said that today's times are like an 'undeclared, multi-regional and multi-domain world war'. The question now is not whether different domains are interconnected or not, but how they are coordinated on the battlefield.
He told that now war is not limited only to the boundaries drawn on the ground. Today's battlefield is divided into many layers, ground fighting, cyber attacks, information received from space and electronic warfare, everything goes on simultaneously. A commander who sees only his area cannot understand the entire battle. Now there is a need for 'cross-domain awareness'.
Referring to Operation Sindoor, the Army Chief said that the Army, Air Force and Navy worked together in this. Inputs from ground intelligence, cyber and electronic warfare led to precise targeting, while naval deployment created strategic pressure. He said that no one domain decides victory, all together create the conditions.
He told that the Indian Army is changing itself under the 'Decade of Transformation'.
However, he acknowledged that challenges still remain:
To deal with these it is necessary:
He stressed that now the time has come for the Army to move away from 'Domain Silo' and move towards 'Domain Fusion', where all the forces work in a completely integrated manner.
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Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi clearly said that now the nature of war is changing rapidly, where drone technology is becoming an important weapon of every soldier. According to General Dwivedi, in the coming times every soldier will be trained as a drone operator. He described it as the concept of 'Eagle on the arm', that is, every soldier will have his own drone, through which he will be able to conduct real-time surveillance and attacks. He also informed that the Indian Army has already started work in this direction on a large scale.
The Army Chief said that drones have now become not just support systems but frontline combat tools. This will reduce speed, accuracy and risk in war. This change will further strengthen India's strength in future wars, where the role of technology and artificial intelligence will be decisive.
He said that use of technology is necessary, but human judgment should always remain at the center.
He clearly said that in the future only those armies will be ahead whose commanders will understand and control technology. Commanders will have to become techno-commanders. In the end, the Army Chief expressed confidence that platforms like Ran Samvad will help in taking the Indian Army to a level where it will be difficult to differentiate where one domain ends and the other begins.
