NEW DELHI, April 18 -- The army leadership has called for urgently boosting the country's capabilities to produce weapons and systems to enhance self-reliance in the defence manufacturing sector and build long-term strategic resilience, given how supply chain disruptions triggered by ongoing global conflicts could hit military preparedness. The biannual Army Commanders' Conference also focused on operational capability requirements, including the employment of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and counter-UAS technologies based on lessons learnt from Operation Sindoor and the changing global conflict dynamic, the defence ministry said on Friday. Defence minister Rajnath Singh recently asked the military brass to draw "operational and technological" lessons from the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran to bolster India's defence preparedness. This came during a wide-ranging review of the West Asia crisis, which has disrupted global supply chains, sparked a surge in oil and gas prices, and rattled the global economy. The army brass "discussed a wide array of issues pertaining to modernisation, technology infusion in combat operations, doctrinal and training requirements besides networking and data centricity to enhance operational readiness and address emerging security challenges," the ministry said in a statement....