The graduates of WASP subsequently go on to occupy positions in NSCS, Air War Strategy Cell, Think-tanks, and military educational institutes. This was the fourth edition of WASP featuring the participation of twelve officers, comprising ten from the Indian Air Force and two from the Indian Navy.Jointly organised by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), the theme for this years Seminar was ‘Aerospace Power: Preserving India’s Sovereignty and Furthering National Interests’.CDS, addressing the participants, further said the military in future will also need “information warriors, technology warriors and scholar warriors.” In an emerging landscape of warfare, a future soldier will need to be a mix of all three “info, tech and scholar warriors,” the CDS added.Bringing in the concept of Revolution in Military warfare (RMA) CDS observed that the world is standing at the cusp of the third revolution in military warfare. “This form of warfare merges kinetic and non-kinetic means, combining elements of first and second generation warfare with the third. It is a converging tactical, operational, and strategic kind of domain.”According to the CDS, this third revolution is defined by the fusion of tactical, operational, and strategic thinking, alongside an integration of land, sea, air, cyber, space, and cognitive warfare.
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