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Future Army and Evolving Warfare AVAIL YOUR COPY NOW! `100.00 (India-Based Buyer Only) Aero INDIA 2021 SP’s SPECIAL Military Yearbook 2019 AN SP GUIDE P UBLICATION SP’s MEET US AT HALL-E, STALL: E-4.6 www.spsmilitaryyearbook.com WWW.SPSLANDFORCES.COM ROUNDUP THE ONLY MAGAZINE IN ASIA-PACIFIC DEDICATED to LAND FORCES IN THIS ISSUE >> LEAD STORY PAGE 4 Swarm Drones — New Frontier of Warfare A new way altogether of releasing force on the enemy, Swarm Drones will play a dominant role in the conflicts of the future, Future Army and with more and more states and non-state actors using this technology Lt General Dushyant Singh (Retd) PAGE 5 Army Aviation Corps — Evolving Warfare Present Status and Modernisation Will human intelligence and creativity win the next war or the leader in AI will rule the world? Technological innovations in the future would surely change the nature of warfare. Future conflict will take place in a battlespace that is shaped by Artificial Intelligence and other new technologies. PhoTogrAPh: Courtney Maxson, Army / defense.gov With the motto Suveg and Sudridh (Swift and Sure), the youngest corps of the Indian Army is growing in tactical importance, in the battlefield, as a force multiplier Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd) PAGE 6 Army’s Eye in the Sky Pilotless Aircraft or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), better known as Drones are rapidly growing in popularity in various military operations due to their high convenience in reducing losses and enabling the execution of high profile and time-sensitive missions Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd) PAGE 7 The Looming Drone Threat Drones provide an opportunity to getting close to the target and bring an “unmanned” weapons platform from which force can be launched via remote control. Drones also provide maneuverability of the platform, in close vicinity to the target, allowing more precise targeting. In this age of technology, Drones were bound to happen and are here to stay. Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd) PAGE 8 Death Knell of Tanks: Fact or Fiction Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being viewed as the most disruptive technology of the current era that promises to change the face of warfare for years to come LT GENERAL P.C. KATOCH (RETD) played a decisive role. Third was the assassi- The Islamic State used drones in Iraq-Syria nation of Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen and was even trying to develop rocket HREE EVENTS WERE PROMI- Fakhrizadeh on November 27 for which assisted drones. Russian bases in Syria too NENTLY covered in media during Iran accused Israel. Iran’s Tasnim news were subjected to swarm drone attacks. In 2020. First was the killing of Ira- agency quoting a senior Iranian military September 2019, Yemen-based Houthi reb- With attention shifting to cutting-edge nian General Qasem Soleimani on official has stated that Mohsen’s assassina- els executed a coordinated massive swarm technologies like robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous drones, the January 3 through precision tar- tion was carried out remotely with artificial drone strike on two ARAMCO oil produc- Tgeting by a US drone near Baghdad Inter- intelligence and a machine gun equipped tion facilities of Saudi Arabia defeating the logic behind maintaining large, legacy platforms has been brought into question national Airport while he was on his way to with a “satellite-controlled smart system”. Saudi air defence systems. Addressing stu- Lt General R.K. Jagga (Retd) meet Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mah- dents in Moscow during September 2017, di in Baghdad. Second was the Azerbaijan- Changing Landscape President Vladimir Putin had famously said PLUS Armenia conflict in Nagorno Karabakh in Use of drones with artificial intelligence that whichever country becomes the leader News / Appointments 11 which swarm drones used by Azerbaijan (AI) has been witnessed in recent years. in AI research “will become the ruler of the AERO INDIA 2021 SPECIAL SP’s LAND FORCES 1 Pinpoint Accuracy Always at Hand Harop Mini Harpy Long-range tactical Medium-range tactical weapon system weapon system IAI’s Loitering Munitions Family. Search Like a UAS. Strike Like a Missile. • Backed by over 30 years of combat experience • Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) integral assault capability for the modern warfighter • Man-in-the-Loop, intuitive target acquisition and strike • Minimum collateral damage • Abort capability • Exceptional versatility www.iai.co.il • [email protected] >> LEAD STORY While the world is cancelling what the future armies will look sively with an article on Swarm their utility in Battle grounds and a host of leading shows, like. The author feels that rapid Drones by Lt General Dushy- if they have any future, given India has gone ahead with technological advances will con- ant Singh (Retd), Indian Army’s the technological advance- tinue to revolutionise the five di- use of Drones by Lt General ments. Read this analysis by unmatched conviction and is mensional conflict of aerospace, Naresh Chand (Retd) and the Lt General R.K. Jagga (Retd) to organising Aero India 2021 land, sea, cyber and electro- Looming Threat by Lt General find the answer. with not even a fraction of magnetic space. P.C. Katoch (Retd). The article As usual this issue wraps up change or an effect out of An area of newer technolo- on Swarm Drones, aptly called with the News Digest and Flag COVID-19 gies is the significant develop- the ‘New Frontier of Warfare’, Postings. Wish you all discern- ments taking place in the space deals with the concept of Swarm ing readers happy reading and in A distinct component of ma- of “Unmanned Systems”, popu- Drones, the developments tak- case you are in Bengaluru kindly jor defence and air shows, like larly called as Drones. Drones ing place in this field and how to visit us in Aero India 2021 at Hall- the upcoming Aero India 2021, can be used for intelligence counter them. E, Stall:E4.6. is the showcasing of futuristic operations, surveillance and The article on Army Aviation technologies under develop- reconnaissance (ISR), target Corps (AAC) traces its origin ment which on implementation acquisition, precision strikes and where it wants to reach in will be extremely useful to man and post strike damage assess- the future. AAC is growing in its EDITORIAL and machine. Some of these ment. Militaries are operating tactical importance in the battle- technologies have the potential unarmed and armed drones; as field as a force multiplier. How- to shape the battlefield land- small as 16 gram Black Hornet ever it will need to accelerate scape. Keeping this in mind, the Nano with a 2 km range to the its pace of modernisation and lead story of this issue of SP’s 40 feet Wingspan Global Hawk offensive capabilities to become Land Forces by Lt General P.C. - bigger than most commercial a battle winning factor. There is Katoch (Retd) is on the evolving airliners. This issue of SP’s Land also an article on Battle Tanks JAYANT BARANWAL trends in warfare and therefore Forces covers this subject exten- and whether they have outlived Publisher & Editor-in-Chief PhoTogrAPhS: DArPA, PIB world”. Interestingly, China has set itself the lites. This reportedly involves reflecting a goal of becoming leader of AI by 2030. sunbeam on the enemy satellite that will To the ongoing development and appli- over a long period heat the target satellite cation of information communications and causing it to fall out of its orbit and burn up technology (ICT) resulting in precision- on re-entry into the upper stratosphere. guided weapons and net-centric warfare The newest skin coatings for painting (NCW), technologies like stealth and hyper- the face in battle don’t just conceal the sol- sonic systems have been added in a major dier but also reduce the fighter’s visibility to way. In addition is cyber-warfare and ‘media thermal vision sensors by blocking the near- mercenaries’. Readily available new tech- infrared wavelengths those systems look for. nologies can be exploited and used by both Current camouflage can hide soldiers and state and non-state actors as large spectrum their vehicles from human sight but is close of new tools to inflict damage and disruption to useless against ever-more-common infra- not only on traditionally superior military red vision systems. But research is on with forces in the battlefield, but also on civilian structural protein called ‘Reflectin’ func- populations and critical infrastructure. tioning in the same wavelengths as night vision systems to overcome this problem. New Technologies China has also been reporting development Rapid technological advances will continue of invisible clothing. to revolutionise the five dimensional conflict (aerospace, land, sea, cyber and electromag- Future Battlefield netic), information warfare, electronic war- There is no doubt that future battle-space will fare, asymmetric warfare, all other forms be shaped and geminated by new technologies of operationalised cyberspace, radiation and AI. However, the view that AI will rule combat, robotic combat and nano-technol- conflicts and this revolutionary change will ogy combat. Information superiority is as witness humans being replaced by robots is important as land, sea, aerospace superior- misplaced. Humans who most quickly exploit ity. Nonlethal weapons (NLWs) of various the battlefield have invariably overcome tech- kinds, biological pathogens and other weap- nological disadvantages and delivered vic- ons of mass destruction (WMD), lasers and tory. Though AI and other technology will be particle beams, rail guns and long-range important in future conflicts, the best bet for kinetic strike systems, enabling technolo- future victory is developing the tactical, oper- gies such as nano-materials and additive ational, and strategic innovators who will printing or 3D manufacturing have arrived leverage battle-space conditions to achieve on the scene.
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