Wars Will Be Fought Using Tech, Need Young Soldiers: NSA On ‘Agnipath’
Mumbai: Amid protests over the new military recruitment model ‘Agnipath’, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said on Tuesday that future battles will be fought using technology and cited the need for young armed forces.
“The whole war is going through a great transformation. We are moving towards contactless wars as well as the war against an invisible enemy. Technology is advancing at a rapid pace. We have to change if we have to prepare for tomorrow, then we have to change, Doval said in an interview with ANI.
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The NSA said that security is a dynamic concept and it cannot remain static. “It is only in relation to the environment in which we have to protect our national interest and national assets.”
“It (Agnipath scheme) needs to be looked at from a perspective. Agnipath is not a standalone scheme in itself. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, one of his major priorities was how to make India secure and strong. That required many avenues, many steps – a multitude of them,” he said.
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The “transformative” Agnipath scheme, announced by Union Minister Rajnath Singh on June 14 in the presence of the three service chiefs, envisages the recruitment of youth into the armed services at the age of 17-and-a-half. There is a provision to increase them to 21 for only four years and retain 25 per cent of them for 15 more years. The Center later increased the upper age limit for recruitment to 23 years in 2022.
Violent protests have been taking place in many states across the country since the announcement of this scheme. The Army, Navy and Air Force on Sunday released a comprehensive program for recruiting soldiers under the Agnipath scheme while asserting that it is being implemented to bring down the age profile of the armed forces.
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