Before creating a shared theater command in the country, the exercise has started to create a joint war room of all three wings of the army i.e. Army, Air Force and Navy. It will be named Joint Operations Command Center. During the three-day Combined Commanders Conference (15-17 September) in Kolkata, the blueprint of this joint command center was placed in front of PM Modi.

During the ‘Operation Sindoor’, when Pakistan was attacked on the night of 6-7 May, the three army chiefs were present in the Army’s war room, as the army has separate war rooms of the three organs. While in Operation Sindoor, the Army and the Air Force together attacked the terrorist camp in Pakistan. In such a situation, it is believed that soon under the Integrated Defense Staff (IDS) headquarters, a common war room will be prepared, which will be used for a special mission like ‘Operation Sindoor’.

Common operations of all three armies

Inaugurating the conference of the country’s top military commanders on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the shared operations and integration of the three armies. PM Modi is continuously insisting on creating a shared theater command in the country.

The Army and the Navy are ready for this, but the approval is yet to be received from the Air Force. Recently, Air Force Chief AP Singh had advocated the creation of a common operations command center under IDS before the theater command.

Start with live air defense demo

After the insistence of the Air Force Chief, the IDS Headquarters has started working at this joint operations center. According to the Ministry of Defense, the three-day military conference began with a high-influential joint operation command center as well as Live Air Defense Demo, showing the capabilities of air surveillance.

Apart from this, missile defense and counter drone operations were also part of the conference. Apart from PM Modi, Top Military Commanders were present in the conference besides Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, CDS General Anil Chauhan and the three chiefs of the army.

PM Modi gave ‘Vijay Mantra’

The theme of this time of military and civilian leadership associated with the security of the country to be held once in two years was ‘Year of Reforms, Transfering for Future’. The conference has the future roadmap of armed forces, promoting jointness, molding military capabilities to the priorities related to national security.

In his address, PM Modi gave the victory mantra of ‘Jai’ (JAI) to the forces, ie jointness, self -reliance and innovation (innovation). On the second day of the conference, the Defense Minister called upon the armies to move beyond the traditional concepts of war and be ready to deal with non -traditional threats.

Causted to deal with challenges

Rajnath Singh has called for the armed forces to be cautious and ready to deal with the hidden challenges arising out of non -traditional threats such as information, ideological, environmental and biological warfare to move beyond the traditional concepts of war. On the second day of the conference, the information warfare was discussed, while Joint Military Space (Space) Doctrine was released.

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