New Delhi: India finally kicked the actual basis for the creation of four theater orders, with four senior three-star generals assigned to overcome the structure in it to build an integrated war battle machine, the government’s source said on Wednesday.
Integrated Maritime Theater Command (MTC), Command Defense Air (ADC), and two land-based commands for Pakistan and China, all will take concrete forms in the next “two to three years”, the source added.
Western Theater Command (WTC) will have a head office in Jaipur, while MTC will appear in Karwar.
East Theater Command (etc.) will be based on Kolkata or Lucknow, with ADC in Gandhinagar or Allahabad.
The four existing commanders (two lt-general, marshal and air and air representatives) have been “nominated to exercise and improve the structure of” from new Tri-Service commands with the help of officials from other services, in addition to their existing responsibilities.
“It has been double duty, four have started their work.
The head of the West Army Command (LT-Gen Amardeep Singh Bhinder), for example, has been asked to complete the modalities for the WTC.
The new theater commander will only be appointed as the structure is in place,” said a person source.
The theater order, once they rise and run, first will take over “the operational role” of the single service command below it.
At present, India has as many as 17 single service commands (Army 7, IAF 7 and Navy 3), which have very little synergy in planning and operation.
The single service command will gradually be deleted, with their other functions such as logistics and training that is progressively submitted to the new theater command.
Until now, the existing northern commandments, which maintain counter-terrorism operations at J & K and the front with China in Ladakh and Cargil with Pakistan, are left untouched because of its unique role.
The shared order has been a little delayed due to IAF’s strong objections, which argue it will be operationally unwise to divide the “limited air assets” between different theaters.
But the government is now firmly moving forward with shared orders, which will place military assets and military, Navy and IAF under one operational commander in each theater, in what will be the most farthest restructuring of 15-.
The lakh armed forces were strong since independence.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh recently described the decision as a “other major structural reform” that developed rapidly.
“With the formation of a theater order, the armed forces must also develop an integrated operational concept and doctrine to fight together,” he said.
Asked about the IAF objection, the sources said “there will be a winner and loser” every time transformational change is done.
“India has no luxury of surplus today.
We must operate by means of whatever we have,” said a source.
The head of the General Bipin defense staff, by chance, previously emphasized that “resources” will be allocated from one theater to the theater to and when a contingency is faced, as is now.