Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi Friday said warfare is becoming increasingly “non-kinetic and non-contact” owing to multiple factors and therefore demands a response that requires military strength, and intellectual, technological and moral preparedness.

Chanakya’s teachings remind us that the “rising powers inevitably provoke countervailing coalitions”, he said in his address at an event held at Manekshaw Centre here to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

“National security involves preparing for strategic balancing, deterrence, and resilience against these counter reactions. Herein, our opportunities are immense, the demographic dividend of the world’s youngest population, transforming technologies, and a strategic geography,” he said.

Yet so, are the challeng

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