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

ARMY Chief General Upendra Dwivedi has asserted that theaterisation of 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.