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The world has been devising strategy of winning without fighting. Over last three decades, terms like hybrid warfare, unrestricted warfare, asymmetric warfare, information warfare and political warfare have been used to define future warfare. At the heart of these is technology that has fuelled competitions and conflicts. The technological innovations have closely networked government, people and financial institutions. It has, for the first time, exposed people, political leadership, governance structures and economy to new generation threats emanating from non-contact warfare (NCW). Autonomous systems, miniaturisation, stealth, speed and stand-off precision strike, incognito platforms have changed the character of war. The technological developments have increased accessibility to state competitors and non-state actors, a fact that risks eroding military response capabilities. In such a dynamic and ever evolving world, non-contact warfare is being rampantly used and abused by all actors to remain ahead in the dominance race. It is imperative for India to evolve policies to thwart impending threats from NCW.
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