Defence self-reliance, networked warfare and Tarang Shakti 2026
Quick dive
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said future military power would depend more on speed of sensing, decision-making and action than on the number of platforms.
- He said modern warfare spans land, sea, air, space, cyber, the electromagnetic spectrum and the information domain, with drones, AI, electronic warfare and precision weapons shaping operations.
- Tarang Shakti 2026 was hosted by the IAF from September 26 to October 12 with Air Forces from Australia, Bangladesh, France, Germany, Sri Lanka, the UAE and the U.S., plus 32 observer nations.
- India highlighted indigenous platforms and programmes including Tejas, Prachand, Dhruv, Rudra, Akash and advanced radars, while defining self-reliance as domestic design, manufacture, maintenance and upgrading—not isolation.
- exam_relevance: tests the article’s specific multi-domain warfare framework, trusted-partnership principle, participant list and operational meaning of atmanirbharta in defence; it supports a concrete GS-III capability question.
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