Building Adaptable, Future-Ready Air Forces: Operationalising IAF Doctrine for Multi-Domain Supremacy
Challenges in the warfighting domain have continued to plague the military leadership across the world. The application of the military instrument of power has continued to transform with the evolving character of war. From the days of total war that characterised ancient warfare until the world wars wherein total subjugation of the enemy to achieve political aims was the objective, the world has indeed come a long way. Nation states today seem to be in a perpetual state of ‘no war no peace’ where conflicts get diffused across the diplomatic, information, military and economic (DIME) spheres. Conflicts today take place in the military domain, without the fielded forces coming into direct visual contact. With an increasing range of weapons and technology assisting identification at large distances, the definition of direct contact has changed dramatically. The nebulous domains of cyber and space have intrinsically joined the battlefield apart from the cognitive domain of information warfare. Coupled with all this the increasing role of third parties or proxies in great power competition and rivalry, make crystal gazing and preparing for the next conflict even more challenging.
- Anil Golani |
- January-March 2026 |
