INDIA should be prepared to fight short-duration, high-in ten sit conflicts to deter terrorism,something like Operation Sindoor,and long duration conflict because of the territorial disputes with its neighbours,Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said on Monday. Speaking at Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Bombay,General Chauhan said multi-do main operations will no longer bean option but a necessity, where the effect sof one do main will be immediately felt on to the other.

 

“What kind of threats and challenges should India be prepared for? This should be based on two facts.Both our adversaries—one is a nuclear weapon state and one is a nuclear armed state —hencewe shoul dnot allow that level of deterrence to be breached,”he said without naming Pakistan or China. He said India has terri to rial disputes with both its neighbours.“We should be prepared to fight short duration,high intensity conflicts to deter terrorism, some thing like Operation Sindoor.

 

We should be prepared for al and centric,long duration conflict because we have land disputes.Yet, we should try and avoid it,” the CDS said. The country’s top military officer stressed the need to exploit new do mains and create a symmetric with a weaker adversary and yet not allow these asymmetries to be exploit ed by other nations. Terrorism and grey zone warfare will remain threat, which requires defensive as well as offensive response,he added.