New Delhi, April 19 -- Underlining the growing importance of space, Chief of Defence Staff(CDS)General Anil Chauhan said here on Thursday he believes that space is already an established domain of warfare and it will "cast its influence" on air, maritime and land domains.

Making this assertion in a recorded video address that was played at the inaugural session of the three-day Indian Defence Space Symposium. General Chauhan also said that "space diplomacy" will soon become a reality.

Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman Samir V Kamat and other senior officers of the armed forces attended the event held at the Manekshaw Centre here.

In his address, General Chauhan underlined the r...