Can’t win modern wars with outdated weapons, says CDS

Bats for having successful spot indigenous tech for drones

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan visits the accumulation connected indigenisation of captious components presently being imported from overseas OEMs successful the areas of UAV & C-UAS astatine the Manekshaw Centre successful New Delhi connected Wednesday. ANI

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan contiguous said India could not triumph modern wars with outdated weapons, underscoring the request to follow future-ready technology, chiefly done indigenous development.

“Modern warfare has evolved, with weapons and combat instrumentality becoming smaller, faster, much businesslike and cost-effective. The old, bulky rifles person been replaced by compact, lightweight weapons with extended range. This inclination extends to tanks and aircraft, which are present faster and connection enhanced protection,” said General Chauhan. He was addressing a store connected 'Indigenisation of captious components', hosted by the Ministry of Defence successful collaboration with think-tank Centre for Joint Warfare Studies.

In different important development, the General offered caller insights into however Pakistani drone onslaught was countered during Operation Sindoor connected May 10. “The force deployed drones and loitering munitions, but couldn’t harm our subject oregon civilian infrastructure. Most of their weapons were neutralised done a operation of kinetic and non-kinetic means, with immoderate adjacent recovered astir intact,” the CDS said.

Stressing the request for self-reliance successful warfare technology, the General asked home drone manufacturers to halt utilizing overseas bundle oregon hardware. “We cannot trust connected imported technologies that are important for our violative and antiaircraft missions. We indispensable invest, physique and safeguard ourselves," helium said.

General Chauhan said overseas weapons, sensors and their capabilities were known to each and adversaries could "predict tactics and doctrinal concepts based connected the capabilities of these systems”.

“Dependence connected overseas technologies weakens preparedness, limits our quality to standard up accumulation and often leads to a shortfall of captious spares, helium said.

Sources said the CDS had been moving connected plans to guarantee indigenous hardware and bundle for controlling drones. The equipped forces privation 3 important technologies successful aboriginal drones: unafraid connection utilizing software-defined radios, GPS-free operations and the quality to bushed the jamming of vigor signals by the enemy.

Also, a broad model has been acceptable up to filter retired immoderate bundle oregon hardware of Chinese root successful drones being supplied to the equipped forces.

“Drones tin displacement tactical equilibrium disproportionately and self-reliance successful the tract is simply a strategical imperative for India. Asymmetric drone warfare is making ample platforms susceptible and driving militaries to rethink the conceptual aspects of aerial doctrines," the General said.

The event, which was aimed astatine processing a “strategic roadmap” for indigenisation, was attended by subject leaders, defence experts, scientists, policymakers and backstage manufacture stakeholders.