First-ever future warfare course for various ranks to start on Sep 23: CDS

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Thursday said a first-ever future warfare course, which will be attended by the officers of different ranks, is slated to start on September 23.

In an interaction session at Bharat Shakti Defence Conclave here, he also spoke of the broader contours of the planned joint theatre commands envisioned by the government.

He was asked about the takeaways from a recent conference of commanders from the three Services.

"We also discussed how warfare is evolving and what we need to do about it, and that I think is a important. In that we discussed something like a future warfare course, which is going to start after four days, on 23rd (September), the first-ever course, which we are curating it," the Chief of Defence Staff said.

It's slightly different from a regular course, where the officers of similar rank attend a course, he said.

"This is rank-agnostic, and you will see officers from the rank of a Major to a Major General attending this ..