As warfare expands from the physical to the synthetic and cognitive realms, the Indian Armed Forces (IAF) need to transition from net-centric operations toward intelligent warfare and move beyond multi-domain operations to all realm all domain operations (ARADO), said General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff.
Participating in the annual seminar
titled ‘Multi-Domain Integrated Technologically-Empowered Resilient Armed Forces’ (MITRA) at College of Defence Management, Secunderabad, here on Wednesday, the CDS highlighted the ‘Third Revolution in Military Affairs,’ characterised by convergence warfare that fuses contact and non-contact, kinetic and non-kinetic, and old and new domains across all levels of conflict.