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Army Chief On Operation Sindoor: Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday highlights people's speculations about the lenth of the Operation Sindoor and nuances involved in a war. The Army Chief, while addressing the 52nd National Management Convention, at Hotel Taj Palace, in New Delhi, said when it came to the Operation Sindoor, we were not sure for how many days it would remain and most of us were saying, why is it finished in a four-day test match? A war is always unpredictable. We are unsure of the psychological impact a particular issue would have.

When Russia went in for war, we always thought that this war would last only for 10 days, he asaid, adding the Iran-Iraq war, when we saw it, lasted for approximately 10 years.

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"When it came to the Operation Sindoor, we were not sure for how many days it would remain and most of us were saying, why is it finished in a four-day test match? War is always unpredictable," he added.

"The force visualisation, which was done in the Russia-Ukraine war, maybe there was a miscalculation. We need to understand what technology is available on the other side to sustain the war for a longer period. We should be able to make sure that we have enough to last for a longer war. In all these wars, we have seen that what is impacting the David and Goliath system is low-cost, high-technology. If you have low-cost, high-technology, you will be able to beat back a superior adversary also," he added.

Land Will Remain Currency Of Victory: Army Chief Gen Dwivedi

The primacy of land forces in any battlefield and said dominance over land will remain the currency of victory in India's context, he added. Gen Dwivedi argued the importance of land forces in any war and referred to last month's summit talks between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on the Ukraine conflict.

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"When you go back to the Alaska conference that took place between the two Presidents, they just discussed how much land has to exchange hands," Dwivedi said.

"In India, since we have two-and-half-front threats, land will remain the currency of victory," he said.

The chief of army staff's comments came two weeks after Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said Operation Sindoor had once again established the "primacy" of air power. In his remarks, the army chief also extensively elaborated on the changing nature of warfare and how the Indian Army is carrying out transformative changes in terms of inducting new and emerging technologies.

(With Agencies inputs)