Projecting National Power Beyond Borders & Op Theatre Commands "With a unified military strategy in place, India would be better equipped to address challenges and counter threats, and match its growing economic and diplomatic status with a defense policy to match." Girish Linganna 29 Apr 2023 Read more
The Great Nicobar Choke: A Tri-Services Debate "Do international trade vessels heading East fly only the Chinese flag? - How does one identify which ships are to be embargoed? Military to military is one story - blockading international trade may need a second look" Opines Air Mshl Sumit Mukherjee Mission Victory India 16 Mar 2023 Read more
Future War & Integration Of Armed Forces! We have to take initial steps . “Forward planning” must become our defence analysts “ military culture”. Let us not pick up weapons from the “ Arms Shelves” of the world and fit them into our war machine but dictate our needs and accordingly orientate. Colonel Rajinder Kushwaha (Retd) 15 Jan 2023 Read more
Organisational Transformation, Creative Destruction & Theaterisation "The integrated theater commands in our case envision a unified command of the three services led by a single commander." Brigadier D S Sarao (Retd) 27 Sep 2021 Read more
Theaterisation & The Joint Military Doctrine "There needs to be a legal framework under which this re-organisation takes place. At present the CDS functions in a legal vacuum. Which Act is the CDS subject to?" Group Captain Johnson Chacko (Retd) 10 Jul 2021 Read more
Neither Air-Force or Navy is a Supporting Arm of Army "For CDS to say Air-Force is a support arm of Army is wrong and reflects lack of strategic understanding." Sanjay Naik 5 Jul 2021 Read more
A Simple Military Need: Integrated Theatre Commands Integrated theatre commands are a necessity, to harness the potential of a military and ensure aggressive dominance. In the bargain accrue protection of sensitivities. In the age of modern technology, war cannot be cast into a singular dimension of application. Neil John 1 Jul 2021 Read more
What Should Theatre Commands Essentially Be? The Theatre Command debate has been disjointed and most of the time have been confined to a Service-specific point of view. Now comes the time that all stakeholders come together and debate over what the new Indian Armed Forces should be. Colonel Samir Srivastava 21 Feb 2021 Read more
Theaterisation: Are We Ready? "If headway is not made on ground and if issues highlighted above are not thought through for implementation, establishment of Theatre Commands will be a disaster." Lieutenant General PR Shankar (Retd) 27 Nov 2020 Read more
The Theaterisation of Command: Discussing the History, Rationale & Feasibility of Proposed Policy The ongoing standoff with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has once again brought the focus on the need for ‘Theatre Commands’ in order to ensure seamless ‘Tri-service cohesion’ and ‘coordination’ in the event of hostilities. Experts weigh in the 'pros' and 'cons' of said proposal. Aritra Banerjee 17 Nov 2020 Read more
Theaterisation of Command: The Ill-Advised Brainchild of Pseudo-Intellectual ‘Jaichands’ "Advisors in the Prime Ministers Office on military affairs are intellectual pygmies, whose expertise lies in copying/aping from others without going into the nitty gritty of the issues at macro level." Group Captain TP Srivastava (Retd) 6 Nov 2020 Read more