In the lexicon on warfare, “grey-zone” is the latest entry, because of what has happened in the South China Sea and what has happened along our northern borders, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Anil Chauhan said on Friday in a reference to China.
Gen. Chauhan said grey-zone warfare is a kind of a military action below a particular threshold that would invite a response. In an oblique reference to China’s actions, both along the Line of Actual Control as well as the South China Sea, Gen. Chauhan said in grey-zone warfare the dividend of the action may be available only after a long time. “To start this, possibly, you will have to have a dispute to be successful in launching this... The origin lies in a historical dispute,” he remarked.
