Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on August 27 described Operation Sindoor as a striking demonstration of technology-driven warfare, adding that the speed and bravery with which the Indian Armed Forces dismantled terror infrastructure in Pakistan was something the terrorists “could never have even imagined”.
Addressing the Ran-Samwad 2025 Tri-Service Seminar at the Army War College in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow, Rajnath underlined the rapidly shifting doctrines of modern warfare and the importance of defining the terms of battle, saying Operation Sindoor served as the perfect example of this evolving approach. “If we observe closely, systems and doctrines of war have evolved with time. In just the past 10–20 years, the pace of these changes has been so rapid that fixing any permanent pattern has become almost impossible. It would not be wrong to say that the age we live in has just one doctrine — that there is none. Circumstances and challenges change with such speed that every nation is compelled to keep its strategy flexible and responsive,” Rajnath said.
Highlighting the strategic dimension, Rajnath said, “Today, in the world, whichever nation decides the battlefield is the one that controls the game and its rules. Others have no option but to respond to this and step into the arena on terms that are not of its own choosing. Our endeavour must be to define the battlefield and the rules of the game ourselves, compelling the adversary to fight there, so that the lead advantage always remains with us.”
