In just a few months, the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has upended conventional calculations about national and international security.
On January 11, Army Chief General MM Naravane had listed his primary challenges as defending the Siachen Glacier, the China border, the Pakistan border and tasks related to counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism, in that order. On March 4, as Covid-19 was picking up steam, the general gazed into his crystal ball and declared that tanks and fighter aircraft would soon become irrelevant and be replaced by new-technology lasers and directed ...
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First Published: Wed, April 22 2020. 23:24 IST
