Former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has said India must be able to rapidly adapt its industrial capacity during conflict, including producing large numbers of drones, as warfare continues to evolve. He said no two wars are the same and that future wars often unfold in unexpected ways.

The greatest lesson is that no two wars are the same," Naravane said while speaking to India Today, when asked about lessons from ongoing conflicts between Iran and the US and Russia and Ukraine.

"But unfortunately, you can draw lessons and experience only from the last war that you have fought. But the next one always brings a surprise. So, the side that is able to adapt faster to that changing environment is the one that will prevail, and for that, mental flexibility is required."

The former chief said that flexibility is required at the level of the nation to be able to quickly transform its processes and its production facilities to meet those new challenges.