Need to have integration of services for Theatre Command: Army Chief

ARMY Chief General Upendra Dwivedi has asserted that theaterisation if the Indian Armed Forces will definitely happen even if it takes time.

- MAYANK SINGH @New Delhi

“Since battle is fought by multiple agencies, theaterisation is the answer to deal with them,” he said on Friday while interacting with media after launching a book, ‘Operation Sindoor: The Untold Story of India’s Deep Strikes Inside Pakistan’, at Manekshaw Centre.

The process of theaterisation was initiated as the present system of the 17 independent commands — seven of the Army, seven of the Air Force and three of the Navy — spread out geographically was considered unsuitable for modern war. For an integrated approach, the government decided to go for the biggest post-Independence military restructuring.