Security News > 2021 > April > Indian defense chief admits China’s cyber-weapons would ‘disrupt large number of systems’ whenever Beijing presses the button
The highest-ranked officer in India's armed forces has admitted that China has cyber-war capabilities that can overwhelm his nation's defenses and suggested that only cross-forces collaboration will get India to parity with its giant neighbor.
General Bipin Rawat, a four-star general and since 2020 the first to hold a new role of chief of defense staff, offered that assessment yesterday in a talk hosted by Indian think tank the Vivekananda International Foundation.
Asked about capability gaps between India and China, general Rawat admitted India is behind China in several military fields, then added: "The biggest differential lies in the field of cyber."
"We know that china is capable of launching cyber-attacks against us and disrupt a large number of systems."
The general said he thinks India can eventually match China if its Navy, Army, and Air Force collaborate.
He didn't say what India considers a suitable recovery time objective, or when it expects to be at parity with China.