CDS Chauhan warns of unstable world, calls for capabilities adversaries 'cannot expect'

New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Thursday urged the Indian armed forces to build unexpected and decisive advantages which adversaries cannot counter.

"To prevail, we must create capabilities the adversaries can't counter or do not expect. This is the essence of asymmetry," he said while speaking at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2025, held here.

Warning of a more unstable world ahead, the CDS said that the future world could be more violent and very unstable, and militaries must be prepared for this eventuality.

Emphasising that predicting war has never been easy, the CDS said, "Predicting the future is always difficult. Warfare invents itself constantly. Concepts that appear futuristic can become obsol...