Indian Hybrid warfare against Pakistan

Change is a permanent feature of world politics. Similarly, warfare also transformed with the advancement in technology and socio-political dynamics. According to Clausewitz, “Every age has its type of war and it adapts itself to the prevailing environment”. Though the revolution in military affairs has made a total war or full-scale conventional war less relevant between states as an instrument to settle down disputes, however, the military remains a useful tool in modern times to deter the enemy. The birth of nuclear weapons has tilted the cost of conventional war. The evolution of Hybrid warfare compelled nations to achieve their objectives while remaining under the nuclear threshold Indian by using non-traditional means trying to achieve its objective. This concept entered the strategic lexicon in 21 century including both Kinetic and non-kinetic means to jeopardize the enemy’s ability to fight. “Hybrid is defined as an externally evoked war, and is fueled by external actors to exploit socio-economic, geographic, ethnic, cultural, and religious fault lines”. It is war without any direct violence. It is a well-known fact that the concept of Hybrid existed in history, Suntzu said; “To fight and conquer is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s … Continue reading Indian Hybrid warfare against Pakistan