New Delhi, April 19 -- Over millennia, wars were fought on designated battlefields - around forts, across castles, at sea, and later in the air. In the last two millennia, conflict spread steadily across terra firma, dissolving the idea of a fixed "front" into something far more fluid. Today, we appear to be entering a phase where even geography is no longer the boundary - where the battlefield is not just everywhere, but anywhere thought, perception, and narrative can be shaped.

The Battlefield

Advances in technology have enabled the creation of weapons once described in the epics as gifts from the Gods. In recent conflicts, alongside conventional arms, long-range missiles and unmanned systems have been used extensively to strike and o...