Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 4: In the changing security scenario, civil and military cooperation is the need of hour and the ab initio integration needs to be addressed.
This was stated by Lt Gen VG Khandare, PVSM, AVSM, SM (retired) during a lecture organised by the force on “Comprehensive National Security”.
The lecture organized through videoconference mode was broadcasted live among the subordinate formations of Headquarters Northern Command. It was also attended by Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, AVSM, GOC-in-C, Northern Command and other senior army officers.
Addressing the defence formations, Lt Gen Khandare (retd) said that a modern State confronts multiple and simultaneous challenges across several domains.
“National security cannot be confined to the use of State’s coercive power to overcome domestic and external threats. Such threats cannot be dealt with solely through enhanced military capability without addressing the drivers of illegal trades,” he said.
“For a modern State operating in an increasingly globalised world, the line between what is domestic and what is external is becoming increasingly blurred,” he further said.
Lt Gen Khandare highlighted that Make in India and startup ecosystem be supported at all stages. He also covered numerous initiatives being taken towards Nation development at the Apex level.
“Civil and military cooperation is the need of the hour and ab initio integration needs to be addressed,” he added.
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