New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Highlighting the "unpredictable" nature of wars, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday outlined three major aspects of modern warfare and military preparedness.

Speaking at the 52nd National Management Convention of All India Management Association in Delhi, COAS Gen Dwivedi said, "When Russia went in for war, we always thought that this war would last only for 10 days. The Iran-Iraq war, when we saw it, lasted for approximately 10 years. But when it came to the Operation SINDOOR, we were not sure for how many days it would remain, and most of us were saying, Why is it finished in a four-day test match? War is always unpredictable. We are unsure of the psychological impact a particular is...