Land warfare and territorial conquest are increasingly being treated as irrelevant or of little consequence by prominent strategic and military experts.
This brief argues that while modern warfare has made territorial conquest harder, it has not made it irrelevant, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East underscoring why geography, strategic depth, and control of land still matter.
For India, this means force planning must balance technological superiority and precision with the mass, endurance, and territorial control needed to prevail on land: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-territory-question-why-geography-still-matters-in-modern-war
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The Territory Question: Why Geography Still Matters in Modern War
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