One thing IAF learned from this is the need for propaganda warfare.It simply was not prepared for the level of propaganda spouted out and didn't prepare for this 'digital social media judgement' thing.A new department has been opened.
We are into a New Territory ie
Conflict BELOW all out war
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Playing the ‘escalatory game’
Apart from strengthening its conventional prowess, Naravane said, the Army was also focusing on
“dynamic responses — actions below the threshold of all-out war”.
The Balakot air strikes, according to him, were an example of playing the “
escalatory game” with skill.
“We are refining our plans and capacities in this regard — both, along the western (Pakistan) and northern (China) borders.
We are developing kinetic and non-kinetic responses to address the threat,” he added.
He said the world was witnessing a new phenomenon — the availability of sufficient space for demonstration of military prowess and ascendancy that doesn’t erupt in an all-out conflict.
“Supposed acts of war not leading to war,” he added. “The Houthi rebels’ attack on Riyadh airport and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and closer home, the Balakot air strike, saw these short, intense, escalatory cycles of military activity, in full media glare, where sophisticated information narratives played an equally important role.”
For years, General Naravane said, it was believed that any crossing of the Line of Control by air would lead to a full-fledged war.
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Balakot demonstrated that if you play the escalatory game with skill, military ascendancy can be established in short cycles of conflict that do not necessarily lead to war,” he added.
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