Recent geopolitical power plays have shown that countries will not hesitate to go to war when “national interests are concerned”, and these developments have reaffirmed the relevance of hard power, Army Chief General Manoj Pande said on April 23.
“The impact of supply chain disruptions and weaponisation of denial regimes came to the fore during the pandemic and also from the lessons of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. These developments have underscored that the security of the nation can neither be outsourced nor be dependent on the largesse of others,” General Pande said addressing the national leadership conclave of All India Management Association.
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