{"id":13920,"date":"2021-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/19-02-2021\/first-joint-command-to-be-launched-in-may\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T00:00:00","slug":"first-joint-command-to-be-launched-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/19-02-2021\/first-joint-command-to-be-launched-in-may","title":{"rendered":"First Joint Command To be launched in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Context: <\/strong>India is set to begin a formal roll-out of its long-awaited Theaterisation plan with the <strong>Air Defence Command<\/strong> and the <strong>Maritime Theatre Command <\/strong>set to be launched by May.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The commands are being set up in the<strong> backdrop of border tensions with China<\/strong> on the <strong>Line of Actual Control (LAC)<\/strong> in <strong>eastern Ladakh<\/strong> and <strong>Pakistani hostility along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu &#038; Kashmir.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Air Defence Command<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It will come up in <strong>Prayagraj (Allahabad) <\/strong>and will be the first to be set up in April.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It will control the <strong>air defence resources<\/strong> of all the <strong>three services <\/strong>and will be <strong>tasked with protecting military assets from airborne enemies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Its <strong>commander-in-chief will <\/strong>be a top t<strong>hree-star Indian Air Force officer. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will bring about the <strong>much-needed synergy between air assets<\/strong> of the three services, with their <strong>optimal application providing seamless <\/strong>air defence cover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maritime Theatre Command<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is to be headquartered in <strong>Karwar<\/strong> on the west coast, will come up in May.<\/li>\n<li>It will be <strong>responsible for securing India from seaborne<\/strong> threats and will have <strong>army and air force elements under it.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Its <strong>commander-in-chief will be a top three-star Indian Navy officer.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plan Ahead <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Apart from the <strong>Air Defence and Maritime Theatre Command<\/strong>s, India is expected to have three other i<strong>ntegrated commands <\/strong>to secure its <strong>western, northern and eastern fronts <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>These will be rolled out by December 2022, and several studies are currently on to finalise the structures of these commands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In addition, a logistics command is in the works to avoid duplication of efforts and resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Integrated Theatre Command(Theaterisation):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The idea of Theatre Command was suggested in the reports of the committee <strong>The military reforms committee \u2013 under Lt General (retd.) DB Shekatkar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It recommended the <strong>creation of 3 integrated theatre commands<\/strong> northern for the <strong>China border, western for the Pakistan border <\/strong>and <strong>southern for the maritime role.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It enables the<strong> pooling of resources of all three services <\/strong>under a <strong>single commander,<\/strong> towards <strong>securing a particular geographical area.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A theatre will be <strong>identified on the basis of its sharing<\/strong> of a <strong>contiguous geographical boundary with a competing entity or an adversary.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>geographical area<\/strong> must also include <strong>adjoining seas <\/strong>and<strong> space<\/strong> that may be <strong>essential for manoeuvre of own forces to address the threatening <\/strong>entity\/adversary and also its <strong>geographically contiguous collaborators.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The commander of a Theatre Command <strong>will not be answerable <\/strong>to individual Service in <strong>particular and will have all resources<\/strong> from the <strong>Tri-Services at his disposal.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The integrated t<strong>heatre commander will be free to train<\/strong>, <strong>equip and exercise<\/strong> his <strong>command to make <\/strong>it a <strong>cohesive fighting force <\/strong>capable of <strong>achieving designated goals<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The commander will have all the logistic resources required to support his operations at his disposal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Equipment can be procured, maintained<\/strong> and <strong>pre-positioned for quick mobilisation<\/strong> and apt application during the <strong>envisaged, short-duration, high-intensity wa<\/strong>r.<\/li>\n<li>The allocation of <strong>military hardware<\/strong>, in terms of <strong>weapon systems<\/strong>, <strong>command, control <\/strong>and <strong>communication equipment and combat support <\/strong>elements will be theatre specific and result in <strong>optimisation of the resources.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Unified command of the three Services under one designated commander will allow for <strong>prompt and precise decision making<\/strong> and will remove unnecessary tri-services one-man-up ships.<\/li>\n<li>Hence, it goes without saying, that the theatre commands <strong>will afford better coordination<\/strong>, <strong>intelligence sharing, apt advice and seamless<\/strong> conduct of operations in a given theatre of operation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:750px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top; width:468.0pt\">\n<p><strong>Chief of Defense Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The CDS is a <strong>high military office <\/strong>that <strong>oversees and coordinates<\/strong> the working of the three Services.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It offers seamless tri-service views and single-point advice to the Executive.<\/li>\n<li>The CDS will also head the <strong>Department of Military Affairs (DMA) to be created within the Ministry of Defence (MoD)<\/strong> and function as its Secretary.<\/li>\n<li>He will be a<strong> four-star General office<\/strong> and <strong>would not be eligible to hold any government office after demitting the office of CDS.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The CDS would come in the ambit of<strong> \u2018Right to Information Act<\/strong>, in accordance with the provisions of the <strong>RTI Act, 2005.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Roles and responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The CDS\u2019s mandate includes bringing about<strong> jointness in operations, logistics, transport, training, support services and repairs and maintenance<\/strong> of the three services.<\/li>\n<li>He will act as the <strong>Principal Military Adviser to Defence Minister<\/strong> on all tri-Services matters.<\/li>\n<li>The CDS will also be a member of the <strong>Defence Acquisition Council<\/strong> chaired by the <strong>Defence Minister and Defence Planning Committee c<\/strong>haired by the NSA.<\/li>\n<li>The operational control of all the <strong>theatre commands<\/strong> will eventually come under CDS, with the service chiefs being responsible for raising, training and sustaining their forces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/first-joint-commands-to-be-launched-by-may-101613500932277.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Source :HT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Context: India is set to begin a formal roll-out of its long-awaited Theaterisation plan with the Air Defence Command and the Maritime Theatre Command set to be launched by May. 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