Geopolitical Churnings Around The World Have Direct Bearing On Security Environment In Neighbourhood: RKS Bhadauria

Mubarak Ansari

Pune, November 7, 2020: Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria today said that ‘our armed forces have to be prepared for hybrid threats emanating from multiple fronts.’

He was addressing the cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, after their passing out parade (POP). Earlier he reviewed the POP wherein 303 cadets including 17 from friendly countries participated. This year parents were not invited due to COVID pandemic.

“As budding military professionals, you should begin to understand that geopolitical churnings around the world have a direct bearing on the security environment in our neighbourhood. This mandates very high levels of knowledge, dedication, commitment and sacrifice and leadership at all levels at all times This is what each service and the nation would expect from you”, he said.

IAF Chief Bhadauria further added, “NDA is not just the cradle of leadership but a true cradle of joint manship. The vast experience of joint training at the NDA needs to be carried forward to the respective academies. Today’s battlespace is highly complex and multidimensional, with unpredictable security scenarios and high operational tempo. In the battlespace, operational response will demand an integrated synergistic approach. Therefore the bonds of friendship that you have forged here, with your coursemates, with your squadronmates, need to continue throughout your life, as you go into your service career and should always translate into better synergy at every stage of your career.”

He termed the appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff and formation of the DMA (Department of Military Affairs) as ‘the beginning of the most historic phase of higher defence reforms in our country’. “All of you having been born in this perfect tri-services institute called the NDA at the start of the training, are best equipped to successfully transform in this era of jointness, as you grow in your respective services. I am confident that you will keep this in mind and you go into your next academies and your service. And you will don this mantle of jointness as proudly as you will don your uniform.”

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