India signals shift to AI-driven warfare after AI Impact Summit
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New Delhi: The dust has barely settled after the India AI Impact Summit 2026, but the message from the gathering is already echoing far beyond India’s borders, a report has said. While the summit officially focused on building ethical, human-centric artificial intelligence, it also revealed a deeper strategic shift: India is preparing its armed forces for the era of AI-driven warfare, according to India Narrative report.
For decades, military strength was measured by the size of armies, the weight of tanks, and the range of missiles. That equation is now changing. In modern conflicts, speed of information and decision-making is becoming just as important as firepower.
Defence strategists increasingly talk about the OODA Loop -- short for Observe, Orient, Decide and Act -- which determines how quickly a military can assess a situation and respond.
