IAF Chief Says Armed Forces Must Be Ready To Combat Hybrid Threats

Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Saturday said that the country’s armed forces have to be prepared for hybrid threats emanating from multiple fronts.

"Today's battlespace is highly complex and multi-dimensional with unpredictable security scenarios and high operational tempo. In such a battlespace, operational response and demand will be an integrated synergistic approach to all operations," he said.

Bhadauria was addressing cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA) after reviewing the passing out parade of NDA’s 139th course.

Lauding the NDA the air chief stated, "the NDA isn't only a support of administration, yet a genuine support of joint-manship. The immense experience of joint preparing at the NDA should be conveyed forward by the cadets to their



particular foundations." 

"The obligations of kinship that you have manufactured here, with your course-mates and group mates, ought to be kept up for a mind-blowing duration, as you go into your administration profession and ought to convert into better synergy at each phase of your vocation," Bhadauria exhorted the cadets. 

The air chief likewise hailed the making of the post of Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) and the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) as the start of the "most notable period of higher guard changes" in the nation.

The convocation ceremony of 139th NDA course was held in Pune on Friday. A total of 217 cadets- 49 from the science stream, 113 from the computer science stream and 55 from the arts stream- were conferred with degrees an NDA official said.