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Former CDS Chauhan Warns Pakistan Remains India’s Security Concern
General Anil Chauhan said Pakistan will continue to worry India because of terrorism across the border and nuclear weapons.
He explained that nuclear weapons may prevent a large war but can still allow smaller conflicts to happen.
He called this situation a stability paradox.
He also said the world is becoming less predictable because old power balances are weakening.
Technology is changing so quickly that armies must adapt faster.
Future wars may involve computers, satellites, electronic systems, economic pressure and information campaigns.
Countries must decide how much to spend on traditional forces and newer areas such as cyber and space.
Chauhan said India needs new plans and doctrines to prepare for these changes.
Former CDS General Anil Chauhan said Pakistan will remain a major security concern for India.
He cited cross-border terrorism and the challenges created by nuclear weapons.
Chauhan described a “stability paradox,” in which nuclear deterrence at the highest level can enable lower-level instability.
He identified geopolitical uncertainty and rapid technological change as major global security challenges.
He said future conflicts may involve cyber, electronic, space, economic, legal and information operations alongside physical attacks.
- Who
- Former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan.
- What
- He warned that Pakistan remains a major security concern for India and discussed changing threats and future warfare.
- Where
- The event’s location was not specified in the article.
- When
- Saturday, during an event marking the 139th birth anniversary of Govind Ballabh Pant.
- Why
- He cited cross-border terrorism, nuclear weapons, geopolitical uncertainty and rapidly changing technology.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Former CDS General Anil Chauhan
- Primary concern
- Pakistan remains a major security concern for India
- Security factors
- Cross-border terrorism and nuclear weapons
- Strategic concept
- The nuclear stability paradox may enable lower-level instability
- Emerging challenges
- Geopolitical uncertainty and rapid technological change
- Future warfare
- Cyber, electronic, space, economic, legal and information operations
- Preparedness question
- India must weigh traditional military domains against space, cyber and information warfare
Quotes
General Anil Chauhan
Former Chief of Defence Staff of India
“Conflict is becoming more transparent, more precise, more dispersed and deeply networked. Cyber operations, electronic warfare, space support, economic pressure, legal instruments and information campaigns will proceed, and sometimes substitute physical attacks. So, that old kind of warfare in which countries would fight no longer exists. It is a different kind of war.”
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“Pakistan will remain, I think, a major security concern trying to come. The existing nuclear weapons have created a view of static stability at the highest level, and this is what has induced instability at the lowest level. Classically known as the stability paradox.”
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