"World Seeing A Return To Conflict For Political Objectives": Army Chief
The geopolitical landscape is facing unprecedented changes and today nations have shown the willingness to use hard power, the Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, said at the maiden NDTV Defence Summit today. Conflict Return: Army Chief The Army chief said the "Centrality of national interest and the growing salience of national security in the international system are distinctly visible. Today nations have shown willingness to resort to the use of heart power to secure their interest and there is a situation of return to conflict to achieve political and military objectives," adding, "While conventional warfare has changed, emerging technologies today are not central only to rich nations and disruptive technology is transforming warfare." Access to modern technologies is not limited to superpowers but non-state actors can access such technology. The asymmetry in conflict has increased the risk of a fallout with an increased propensity of risk-taking behaviou...