New Delhi, March 17 -- Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd), former General Officer Commanding of the Army Training Command and a noted military strategist, on Tuesday said India's defence industry must prioritise artificial intelligence and software-driven combat capabilities amid rising global defence budgets.

Speaking exclusively with ANI on the changing nature of modern warfare, Lt Gen Shukla emphasised that while hardware like missiles and fighter jets remain important, the future lies in software-driven combat capabilities.

"If we have to prioritise, there is hardware and software. In my view, today the age of algorithmic warfare has arrived, which means that while hardware is important, it is useless. Rafales and missiles are useless unless ...