Unconventional and asymmetric warfare will be a part of conventional wars as seen during recent global conflicts, and the armed forces should factor this into their planning, said defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday while addressing the army’s top commanders, days after Hamas launched an assault against Israel and a war rages between the two sides.

We must keep learning from the incidents to include the global ones…Expect the unexpected and plan, strategise and prepare,” Singh said during his address at the Army Commanders’ Conference. The five-day conference, chaired by army chief General Manoj Pande, began on October 16.

Singh said the complex and ambiguous global situation affected all.

“War preparedness should be a continuous phenomenon and we should always be ready for unpredictables, the uncertainties that may crop up.