02906cam a2200253 i 4500 38714 38714 9788194283744 8194283744 355.033554 FUT- Future of land warfare : beyond the horizon / edited by P.K .Chakravorty. 1st ed. New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2020. xix, 272 p. : illustrations (color), maps (black and white, and color) ; 24cm Contributed articles. "Centre for Land Warfare Studies." Includes bibliographical references and index. The book deals with the future of land warfare on the Indian subcontinent. To predict the future is extremely difficult particularly in the field of Warfare. This is due to the fact that wars are impacted by doctrine, technology and people. Also, the introduction of nuclear weapons has made war less frequent and reduced the duration. There are trends which keep changing with the passage of time. Conflicts in the 21st century are short and swift with a combination of effects. Further aspirations of leaders often point towards different military objectives. In such a scenario we could plan at best for a decade and maybe visualise for about 15 years. By and large wars of the future will be conventional, hybrid and would be interstate or with non-state actors. The causes could be territorial or related to historical differences, ideological biases, economic disparity, security and water distribution. Further issues could exacerbate due to impact of climate change, higher rate of population growth of minorities and sectarian or ethnic extremism. The future wars are likely to follow three types. It could be overt, covert and finally outsourced. The future battle space as visualised in the next 15 years would have characteristics which would make it non linear in time and space. Unlike wars of the past they would be swift and would be based on speed. Targets would need to be precisely engaged to avoid collateral damage. Operations would demand jointness between the three services. Further they would be continuous with no pauses. They could be termed as 24x7 operations. In these operations connectivity would play an important part and communications would be available to soldiers, commanders and autonomous weapon systems and vehicles. There would be a need for synergy between air, sea, and outer space while undertaking land warfare. Perception management becomes extremely important as this alone would lead to an effective reorganization of people. Finally technology would play an important role particularly, the application of artificial intelligence. Military National security art and science India Chakravorty, P. K. editor. Centre for Land Warfare Studies (New Delhi, India), ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2024-03-20 11 718.39 0 355.033554 FUT- 53914 2024-04-03 00:00:00 995.00 2024-03-20 BK