This was followed up by the neutralisation of a cell and recovery of a cache of arms, ammunition and explosives including a sticky IED used by agencies like Mossad to neutralise targets. This has all the contours of Grey Zone/ Hybrid War in Punjab.
Punjab: India’s Overlooked Frontline of Hybrid Warfare
When overt terrorism in J&K becomes costlier, hybrid warfare in Punjab becomes more attractive. That is the strategic warning at the heart of my latest article. #Punjab#NationalSecurity
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In 480 BCE, 300 Spartans held back the Persian empire for three days. Not because of superior weapons but because of a narrow pass. That principle has infact scaled.
My latest Article follows: https://t.co/zMIca168hc #Chokepoints#StraitOfHormuz@orfonline@HSTodayMag
Punjab now cannot be seen as a rear area. Drones, narcotics, weapons, gangs and covert facilitation are not isolated law-and-order issues. India needs to think of Punjab as a frontline theatre of hybrid warfare @orfonline@USIofIndia@OfficialCLAWSIN
Operation Sindoor raised the costs of headline grabbing violence in the Valley. At the same time, Pakistan’s renewed diplomatic relevance from the Iran crisis to deepening Saudi and U.S. links, may strengthen its appetite for deniable Hybrid action. #NarcoTerror#IndiaPakistan
When a leader of the most powerful nation on earth invokes the possible destruction of an entire civilisation, it is signal transformation. Language of this magnitude introduces nuclear-scale consequences into a crisis without formally crossing the nuclear threshold.
While the focus of the wargame was on leadership lessons and decision making during crisis, important learnings emerged from the NATO- Russian dynamics, which apply universally. #geopolitics#strategy#globalsecurity#europeansecurity
Black Horizon conducted the online “Baltic Storm” wargame over two days, on a Latvia crisis 2035 scenario, and I was privileged to be part of an excellent team simulating Russian actions - military, economic, diplomatic and narrative. #Hybridwarfare#NATO
The last SIR was carried out 20 years back. Everywhere these rolls have reduced the number of voters by significant numbers- Chat gpt tells me that India’s population increase over 26 % over these last 20 years. How come this increased population is not reflected in the rolls?
The conditions in Chandigarh have been steadily getting worse. We used take great pride in being citizens of the best city in India, but today it is no better than any of the cities in North India. MC’s totally ineffectiveness can be seen from the garbage pics of Sector 33
AGI has industrialised narrative warfare—faster, cheaper, more localised, more believable than legacy disinformation. The danger of weak human ethics translating to AGI is a real concern. #AIImpactSummit2026#AIEthics#NarrativeWarfare#NationalSecurity
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