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TopicTheaterisation

Topic: Theaterisation

Wars today unpredictable—Rajnath to military top brass; asks forces to build up ‘surge capacity’

Javaria Rana -
Singh also suggested a roadmap for Project Sudarshan Chakra and called for tighter integration of the services amid growing dissonance.

Modi to address military brass next week; theaterisation & Op Sindoor on agenda for Kolkata conference

Javaria Rana -
The Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) in Kolkata is also likely to see deliberations on the proposed 'Sudarshan Chakra' missile defence system.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

‘Committed to joint command, control, combat capability & theaterisation’—Navy chief

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Mhow: The Navy is committed to synergising its command control, communications and combat capability with the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force with...

Op Sindoor lesson: IAF chief bats for joint planning & coordination centre in Delhi, not theaterisation

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Contrary to claims regarding implementation of theaterisation, ThePrint first reported on 17 June 2021 that it will be delayed. Now, ACM Singh bats for different structure.

Indian armed forces need functional integration, not geographic theaterisation scheme

Ajay Ahlawat -
Five years after establishing the CDS, India's geographic theaterisation model remains stalled because it's built on outdated warfare concepts.

Why Gen Naravane’s suggestions on theaterisation are disruptive, divisive

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
Does gen Naravane imply that the land battle will be fought solo by the Indian Army, the air battle by the IAF and the sea battle by the Indian Navy?

Theaterisation isn’t duplicating units in all Services. ‘Satisficing’ has consequences in war

+TFP Gen MM Naravane (Retd) -
Posting of Army officers to Naval and Air Force units is only paying lip-service to the idea of integration and not really achieving the desired synergy.

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Economy

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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