New Delhi, April 30 -- Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said on Thursday that India is working towards developing a multi-layered conventional missile force spanning short, medium and long ranges, even as the government pushes for diversified fighter aircraft production lines under the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme.

Speaking at the ANI National Security Summit 2.0 in the national capital, Singh stressed that India's defence manufacturing strategy must avoid overdependence on a single production line, highlighting global practices where multiple companies operate parallel fighter aircraft production systems.

"I think most of our major defence producers in the world, the US, the Russians, the Chinese, all have two f...