Rapid Fire
Hybrid and Non-Kinetic Warfare
- 23 Oct 2024
- 2 min read
Recently, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence (PSCoD) has emphasised on the Indian armed forces' preparedness for hybrid warfare.
- Hybrid warfare refers to a combination of conventional military tactics (kinetic warfare) and modern strategies such as cyber warfare, information manipulation, economic disruption, and psychological operations (non-kinetic warfare).
- Non-kinetic methods could be deadlier than traditional warfare e.g., pager blasts in Lebanon.
- Non-kinetic warfare includes using jamming, lasers, or electromagnetic waves to disrupt drone operations instead of physically shooting down drones (Kinetic warfare).
- The tri-services “future warfare” course is designed to train officers from Major Generals to Majors (and their equivalents) in modern warfare techniques, both kinetic and non-kinetic.
- It was recently conducted by the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff.
- The Indian Army is observing 2024 as the Year of Technology Absorption, focusing on integrating disruptive technologies like AI, hypersonic weapons, biotechnology, and quantum technology into existing legacy systems.
- PSCoD is a Departmentally-Related Standing Committees (DRSCs) and functions under Lok Sabha.
- The committee has 31 members—21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. Lok Sabha members are nominated by the Speaker, and Rajya Sabha members by the Chairman.
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