Future Warfare will be Hybrid with Computer Viruses and Hypersonic Missiles: IAF chief
New Delhi: Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Tuesday expressed concern about technologies and developments that could be used in war or to destroy any nation. Chaudhari on Tuesday warned that the future warfare will be hybrid with computer viruses and hypersonic missiles asserting that one might never know who the enemy is.
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IAF chief further added that “In the next war, the enemy might not be a country or an organization, we may never know the perpetrators. Future warfare will be hybrid from computer viruses to hypersonic missiles. Attacks can range from military standoff to information blackout.”
IAF chief was speaking at the 7th National Leadership Conclave (NLC) organized by the All India Management Association (AIMA).
Last month, while addressing the International Aerospace Safety Conference 2022 in Delhi on March 15, the Air Chief Marshal had stressed rapid infusion of technology in modern aviation, which has thrown up the new challenges, he said “The rapid infusion of technology in modern aviation has thrown up new challenges. The foremost challenge is to prepare a human mind to rapidly and comprehensively adapt to these new technologies. This will call for a paradigm change in how we train and how we operate.”
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