India, March 6 -- Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Friday said that global conflicts have raised questions about the existing notion of "short and decisive wars," adding that countries need to stay prepared for challenges by building their own defence industrial complexes.

"There is obviously a thought process that the post-Cold War peace dividend has certainly ended. Therefore, countries must be ready for their own national security, and that requires building their own defence industrial complexes," Tripathi said at the 2026 Raisina Dialogue, a conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics held annually in New Delhi.

He said most countries are following this approach in some way-either individually or through partnerships with oth...