Operation Sindoor ‘still continues’: CDS General Anil Chauhan calls for 24x7 military readiness
The CDS stressed that the new environment requires constant vigilance and called for "scholar warriors that can ensure this readiness by thinking differently, connecting the dots.
Earlier this month, Gen Chauhan had said that during Operation Sindoor Pakistan used drones and loitering munitions, but India’s countermeasures were successful in preventing any damage.
“The Operation Sindoor .... still continues. Our preparedness level has to be very high, 24x7, 365 days (a year),” he said.
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Friday while delivering the keynote address at a defence seminar said, “There are no runners-up in a war".
Thus, any military must be constantly alert and maintain a high degree of operational preparedness.
“The military in future will also need information warriors, technology warriors and scholar warriors.” He added that the future soldier must be “a mix of all three — info, tech and scholar warriors.”
The CDS pointed out that the evolving character of conflict, visible in recent global and regional engagements, demands this blend of strategic thinking and technological adaptability.
In May, General Chauhan said to a foreign publication that India suffered aircraft losses during the India-Pakistan conflict. While he rejected Pakistan's claim of downing six Indian jets as "absolutely incorrect", he also stated, “I think what is important is not the jet being downed but why they were being downed.”
On June 3, speaking at Savitribai Phule Pune University, General Chauhan had said that the operation was not an act of retribution. “It was about drawing the limits of tolerance to state-sponsored terrorism from Pakistan.”
He said the operation was strategically aimed at ensuring that India does not remain hostage to terrorism or nuclear threats.
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