New Delhi, March 16 -- Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday highlighted the importance of emerging technologies in national security, saying that technological prowess has become the new currency of deterrence and data has become the new capital of trade and security.

Speaking at the fourth General Bipin Rawat Memorial Lecture in Delhi, Gen Dwivedi said that national security is about wholesome capability to wage war and deter war.

"Security is about wholesome capability to wage war and deter war. Healthy military-civil fusion, Aatm Nirbhar defence industrial base, dual-use assets at the national level, well-informed and empowered decision-makers of time framework, and inclusive approach for citizen warriors ...