“Closely watching battlefield “Army chief Upendra Dwivedi outlines emerging trends in Future Warfare
Addressing the Delhi Defence Dialogue 2025 at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), COAS General Upendra Dwivedi said, "As far as the future battlefield is concerned, it is the era of jostling and competition. The long piece is declining, and comprehensive conflicts are on the rise. Means technology is going yellow... Over 50 ongoing conflicts and more than 100 nations; we are watching closely the Ukrainian battlefield because it is a living lab of the conditions along our borders... I'll give out three Ds, which are changing the war scenario today. Democratisation is the newest technology, and it has already been shown that the platform alone is not relevant. It has to have a number of layers supported by this democratised phenomena that is AI, quantum, robotics, auto system... DW is energy weapons, cyber tools...especially in the grey zone... Demography: citizen, soldiers, guardian force, merchants who are playing both sides and may be selling the equipment to both sides to orchestrate the war or facilitate the war..."
