New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday noted how technology is gradually "taking over and overshadowing" geography when it comes to being the most important factor in deciding strategy for modern warfare.

General Anil Chauhan emphasised that tactics and strategy decide the outcome of a war, noting that these factors were largely derived from geography in the past, but that has begun to change.

"Warfare and winning in warfare are basically dependent on strategy... Largely, if you look at the past, strategy was largely derived from geography, but gradually, the element of technology is taking over and overshadowing geography," CDS Gen Anil Chauhan said.

Gen Anil Chauhan highlighted key geographical a...