{"id":2784,"date":"2021-03-16T07:37:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T02:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:04:05","slug":"future-conflict-scenario-implications-for-iaf-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2021\/03\/16\/future-conflict-scenario-implications-for-iaf-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"73: FUTURE CONFLICT SCENARIO: IMPLICATIONS FOR IAF (PART 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2021\/03\/15\/future-conflict-scenarios-implications-for-iaf-part-1\/\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Link to Part 1<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">In Continuation&#8230;&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\"><strong><u>Implications For: IAF<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">India has to be prepared for a possible two-front war.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">The threat spectrum spans from sub-convential conflict, conventional war to nuclear exchange.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Capability and preparedness is required for:-<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify; list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Collusive challenge<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Internal security<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Multi front challenges<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Hybrid wars<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Grey zone ops<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Diverse operational scenarios<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Diverse operational areas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">Preparedness would include review of doctrines, strategy and tactics, organizational structures, human resource adaption and training, and maintenance &amp; logistics concepts to meet the operational requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">IAF will have to build deterrence and have ability to dominate the air. It will have to induct modern systems for situational awareness, intelligence and precision strike ability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Technological advancements and evolving changes would have to be factored. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has great potential for application in field of air power. India must take an early lead.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff;\">IAF would need to think differently to be able to tackle various asymmetric and non-traditional security threats and would require more innovative, out of box solutions which would leverage the prevalent technology.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">Self-reliance and investment in future technologies is most important.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong><u>Harnessing Emergent Technologies<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Technology is impacting the nature of warfare (especially air warfare) like never before. Technology superiority needs to be a corner stone of India\u2019s national military strategy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">IAF needs to define a defence science and technology strategy with a vision to harness technology and convert it into decisive capability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">Suggested Future technologies to be looked into are :<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify; list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Quantum computing.<\/em><\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><em>Hypersonic weapon systems.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Artificial Intelligence.<\/em><\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><em>Robotics.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Nano technology.<\/em><\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Unmanned platforms, Drones and swarm technology.<\/em><\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><em>Network centric environment \/ Internet of things \/ system of systems.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003300;\">Most of them are dual use technologies with utility both in civil and military domain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><u>Suitable Ecosystem.<\/u> Model and ecosystem required to bring User (defence forrces in this case), Academia, R&amp;D (DRDO) and Industry (DPSU and Private) to work in unison.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">Strategic focus is required in terms of a long term and medium term technology plan supported by adequate budget allocation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Impetus is also required for some of the existing aviation related programmes :-<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Hypersonic weapons<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Integrated Ballistic and Cruise Missile<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Fifth generation fighter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Transport aircraft (for civil and military requirements).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Development of gas turbines and engines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">AI enabled autonomous<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Unmanned platforms and swarms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Sensors and seekers for multiple<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Metallurgy and composites.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Comments and value additions are most welcome<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to Part 1 In Continuation&#8230;&#8230; Implications For: IAF India has to be prepared for a possible two-front war. The threat spectrum spans from sub-convential conflict, conventional war to nuclear exchange. 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