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CDS General Anil Chauhan. Photo: PIB

Can't win today's warfare with outdated weapons: CDS General Anil Chauhan seeks upgradation of India's defence system

| @indiablooms | Jul 16, 2025, at 01:49 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Wednesday appealed for the upgradation of the Indian defence system stating the present warfare can't be fought with outdated weapons.

Chauhan said this at a workshop on UAV and Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) in indigenisation in New Delhi.

"We can’t win today’s warfare with yesterday’s weapon systems," Chauhan said as quoted by Hindustan Times and added, "Today’s warfare has to be fought with tomorrow’s technology."

"Dependence on imported technologies weakens our preparedness," the CDS said as quoted by the daily.

The CDS passed the remarks more than two months after the Indian Armed Forces conducted Operation Sindoor as a retaliation against the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

The Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor hitting nine terrorist bases in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The military conflict escalated after Pakistan targeted civilians across the borders without any provocation to be aptly countered by the Indian military.

Nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) were targeted and destroyed in 25 minutes of Operation Sindoor.

The terrorists camps were the major training hubs of Pak-based terror groups- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen. 

According to a statement by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the operation was aimed at neutralizing terror camps actively involved in planning and executing attacks against India.

The ceasefire was called by India only after Pakistan reached out to New Delhi for it.

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