Indian Army drafts new war doctrine

With warfare scenario undergoing dramatic changes, the Indian Army has drafted a new war doctrine which may be adopted soon, Army Chief Gen N.C. Vij said here today.

‘‘A rough draft has been evolved and would be finalised soon after it is circulated within the service as well as incoporating suggestions from the defence think tanks,’’ he said while inaugurating a two-day seminar on ‘Army 2020: shape and size and structure and general doctrine for emerging challenges’. For the first time in recent years, all three service chiefs shared the podium and took the occasion to call for forging greater jointmanship among Army, Air force and Navy, saying that all future wars would require extraordinary synergy between the three divisions. The chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and Naval Chief Admiral Madhvendera Singh said Indian armed forces would have to finetune tactics of precision standoff attacks.

Singh said along with current modernisation drive in the armed forces, care has to be taken to change the attitude of the men who man the machines.