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‘Future warfare between machines'

Special Correspondent.

With technological revolution, militaries will be small, says Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister

HYDERABAD: Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister V.K. Saraswat on Thursday said future warfare would be a conflict between machines and with technological revolution, militaries would be small, specialised and knowledge-based.

He delivered the convocation address at the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) and gave away degrees to 26 officers of the 87 {+t} {+h} Degree Engineering Course (DE) and 19 officers of the 13 {+t} {+h} Technical Entry Scheme (TES) Course.

On the technological revolution in the military, he wanted the officers to gear with advancements like Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence Surveillance and Reconaissance (C4ISR) system, long-range precision-guided munitions, stealth systems in addition to fighter aircraft, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned combat vehicles.

Constant review

Along with the development and use of new technologies, Dr. Saraswat said operational practices on maintenance of machinery and equipment needed to be constantly reviewed and revised. Earlier, MCEME Commandant, Lt. Gen. I.J. Singh welcomed the gathering and presented a profile of Dr. Saraswat. Among the projects on display were a battery-driven fire-fighting robot with a sensor that could detect smoke from a distance of 50 metres and move in to put it out with water or chemical and an all-terrain track surveillance robot. Both resembled tanks, roll on caterpillar tracks and are remote-controlled.

There were booster chargers for rechargeable batteries. The hand-strapped and boot-strapped versions produce energy with the movement of the limbs and there was a charger for the Army's Tatra heavy trucks manufactured by the Bharat Earth Movers Limited. There were also projects on information technology and software designed for specific intelligence gathering purposes.

Dr. Saraswat gave away the Director-General EME Trophy for the best all round student office of the DE course to Major Ajit Khatri and the Army Training Command Trophy for the best all round student officer of the TES course to Lt. Raaj Kumar J. The DG, EME gold medals were also bagged by the two student officers.

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