NEW DELHI: Military chief Common Upendra Dwivedi on Wednesday outlined the three-phase method in direction of enhancing jointness throughout the armed forces, at a time when the navy is able to current its theaterisation mannequin to the decision-makers.
Theaterisation, which requires jointness and integration, is a long-awaited reform for one of the best use of the navy’s sources to battle future wars.
The primary section, or ‘Jointness 1.0’, targeted on integrating acquisition planning, programs, and operational joint logistic nodes, with three absolutely operational and 4 extra in progress, Dwivedi stated in his deal with on the Nationwide Defence School on Decade of Transformation: Indian Military in Stride with the Future and Nation Constructing.
“In Jointness 2.0, progress was made in aligning doctrines, customary working procedures and creating joint upkeep organisations for main platforms. Anticipating Jointness 3.0, the military goals to develop widespread operational planning course of, tech sharing, and sources like UAVs and ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) programs. Efforts to combine the Central Armed Police Forces are ongoing…,” he stated.
Round 180 fields for jointness have been recognized, with 30% of the targets achieved and work on the remainder being accelerated, he stated.
The theaterisation mannequin being pursued entails elevating the China-centric northern theatre command in Lucknow, the Pakistan-centric western theatre command in Jaipur, and the maritime theatre command in Thiruvananthapuram.
“Initially, some hiccups have been there, and the tempo was gradual. However now the tempo shall be very quick,” the military chief had stated on October 1.
Jointness got here into sharp focus on the Joint Commanders’ Convention on September 5 in Lucknow the place defence minister Rajnath Singh made a agency push for cultivating a joint imaginative and prescient, getting ready for future wars, and delivering a synergised, swift and proportionate response to provocations.
In September, Headquarters Built-in Defence Employees (HQ IDS), a single-point organisation for jointness underneath the defence ministry, performed a crash course for senior navy officers with a give attention to boosting jointness and integration among the many armed forces, a vital prerequisite to the creation of theatre instructions.
In his NDC deal with, Dwivedi additionally spoke of drive restructuring to spice up battle preventing capabilities. “The military’s restructuring contains Rebal 1.5 (rebalancing) to refine command, management, and coaching, with Rebal 2.0 targeted on adapting constructions for rising DIME (diplomatic, info, navy and financial) interdependencies,” he stated.
Key initiatives embrace, establishing built-in battle teams for the mountain strike corps, forming specialised items just like the Alerts Know-how Experimentation and Adaptation Group (STEAG), which has developed safe cellular networks, and increasing cyber, digital warfare, and intelligence items, he added.
The military raised STEAG earlier this 12 months to faucet futuristic applied sciences, together with synthetic intelligence, 5G, 6G, machine studying and quantum computing, for his or her navy functions.
The military is advancing its modernisation efforts to arrange for future conflicts by enhanced capabilities throughout weapons, programs, and logistics, adaptable to high-altitude and various terrain operations, he stated.
“Precision fireplace capabilities are being refined with a give attention to accuracy, long-range munitions, and efficient post-strike assessments… Logistics effectivity is being enhanced with using logistic drones and robotic mules, with a tri-service method to stock administration”.
