While addressing the officials of Army War college at Mhow cantonment, Singh said that the government has set a target to achieve defence exports of Rs 50000 crore.
Union defense minister Rajnath Singh said that the defense exports have crossed a record Rs 21000 crore which was only Rs 2000 crore a decade ago.
While addressing the officials of Army War college at Mhow cantonment, Singh said that the government has set a target to achieve defence exports of Rs 50000 crore.
The defense minister said that mastering frontier technology is the need of the hour in the constantly evolving times, noting that military training centres are playing a crucial role in equipping and readying soldiers to deal with future challenges.
“Our defence exports, which were around Rs 2,000 crore a decade ago, have crossed the record figure of Rs 21,000 crore today. We have set an export target of Rs 50,000 crore by 2029,” Singh said.
He said Made-in-India equipment is being exported to other countries.
Singh cited radical changes in warfare in his speech, saying that unconventional methods like information warfare, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based warfare, proxy warfare, electromagnetic warfare, space warfare, and cyber-attacks are posing a big challenge.
The defence minister highlighted the need for the military to be well-trained and equipped to fight off such attacks and lauded training centres in Mhow for their valuable contributions.
Singh applauded the training centres for constantly improving their training curriculum as per changing times, and striving to make the personnel fighting fit for every kind of challenge.
