Kanpur, March 28 -- Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan, said that in the current era, the battlefield has broadened significantly.

He was speaking in Techkriti, the annual technical festival of IIT Kanpur.

Unlike past wars, where everything occurred at a single location, the advent of railways and telegraph in the 19th Century had already altered the nature of conflicts. With the advent of advanced weaponry, wars are no longer confined to land and sea but now extend into the depths of the oceans, he said.

Recently, China gained the ability to interfere with submarine cables in the sea, further emphasising the evolving nature of warfare.

Gen Chauhan pointed out that ongoing conflicts such as the US confrontat...