Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan stressed the need for rapid defence modernisation during a workshop on drone and anti-drone technologies in New Delhi. Referring to Operation Sindoor in May, he said modern warfare now depends on advanced tech like drones, not outdated systems. He called for urgent indigenisation and reduced reliance on foreign military technologies.

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• CDS: “Today’s war needs tomorrow’s tech, not yesterday’s weapons”
• Remarks made at UAV, anti-drone tech workshop in New Delhi
• India must cut dependence on foreign niche defence technologies
• Imported systems weaken India’s strategic preparedness, CDS said
• Operation Sindoor cited: Pakistan used unarmed drones, loitering munitions
• Indian forces neutralised most drones using kinetic, non-kinetic methods
• No damage caused to Indian military or civilian assets
• Drones now key in shifting battlefield dynamics, CDS stressed
• Indigenisation of drone & counter-drone systems critical going forward
• Urges balanced focus on both kinetic and non-kinetic defence measures