Theater Commands

This section houses articles by defence experts analysing the feasibility of implementing 'Theater Commands' in the Indian Armed Forces.

Future War And 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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