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General Subramani Urges Defence Self-Reliance, AI Integration for Modern Indian Armed Forces
- •General Raja Subramani emphasizes the critical need for enhanced self-reliance in defence manufacturing.
- •He advocates for greater capability integration within the Indian armed forces.
- •General Subramani highlights the importance of incorporating Artificial Intelligence into military operations.
- •He states that India's armed forces are actively undergoing modernization.
- •The General affirms the armed forces' readiness to protect the nation's sovereignty.
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General Raja Subramani stressed the urgent need for greater self-reliance in defence manufacturing, seamless capability integration, and the extensive use of Artificial Intelligence in military operations to modernize India's armed forces and safeguard national sovereignty.
Speaking at News18 Defcon 2026, CDS General N. S. Raja Subramani stated that future military success depends heavily on interconnected networks, data, software, and algorithms rather than weapons alone, making scalable military equivalents of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) essential.
The Chief of Defence Staff emphasized that India must move past mere technological demonstrations of AI and focus directly on practical applications in actual warfighting, specifically highlighting intelligence, war-gaming, and decision support as critical operational areas.
