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Five years after establishing the CDS, India's geographic theaterisation model remains stalled because it's built on outdated warfare concepts.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

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

Siddarth Raman -
To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

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Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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