Jammu Tawi, April 7 -- Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Monday said humanity is on the "cusp of an era" where space is emerging as a new domain of warfare.

He pitched for developing a "space culture" which could entail developing doctrines, research and dedicated warfare schools.

In his inaugural address at the third edition of the Indian DefSpace Symposium here, Chauhan said it is important that "Services also have their own space warfare schools in the near future".

Underlining how the military ethos has evolved over the centuries with maritime and aerospace cultures playing significant roles in warfare, the CDS said in the past, "a seafaring culture or a maritime culture" may have held the Portuguese, Spaniard, ...