Predictive analysis will drive Op Sindoor 2.0 too, says Army chief

New Delhi: Open source analysis and predictive analysis helped the armed forces in a big way during Operation Sindoor and would be of use in further phases of the operation and other battles as well, India's army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Delhi Defence Dialogue, he said the armed forces had been adequately empowered during the strikes to take down terror targets in Pakistan, with outside resources also brought in to create models and analysis.

"Open source analysis and predictive analysis, in Sindoor 1.0, it helped us. A lot of volunteers came forward inside the country, the diaspora came forward and helped us... We were very much empowered as far as Sindoor 1.0 is concerned; we have learnt our lessons. Therefore, whether it is Sindoor 2.0 or any other battle thereafter, we are looking at it in a big way on how to harness this initiative," Dwivedi said.


Speaking to an audience of military leaders and defence experts, he said the armed forces are looking at outsourcing in a big way and the army has been empowered to hire about 75 interns in advanced fields of technology to help and assist in tackling the modern battlefield.

During Operation Sindoor 1.0, other government and semi government agencies helped the army immensely by providing support and equipment, he said and mentioned, in particular, the electronics and information technology ministry's department for providing graphics processing units that were used for predictive analysis.

The army chief also spoke about the new-age threats the armed forces are preparing for, saying that the battlefields of Ukraine are being closely watched to understand how warfare is evolving.

"We are watching Ukraine battlefields closely because it is the living lab in terms of the conditions we are having along our borders. Drones are stalking the armoured columns, EW (electronic warfare) is jamming the radios, precision fires are reaching much beyond 100 km range, info-campaigns win wars even before a single shell lands," Dwivedi said.