New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), in collaboration with IP Bazzaar, hosted Tech Talk, a high-level, closed-door roundtable discussion on the theme "Minerals That Matter: Geopolitics, Sovereignty and Value Chains" on December 17 in New Delhi, as per the official release.

In his keynote address, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC), highlighted that critical minerals have emerged as a strategic enabler for national security, defence capability development, and technological sovereignty.

He noted that modern defence systems, including jet engines, missiles, precision munitions, radars, satellites, batteries, and semiconductors...