NEW DELHI: A “joint doctrine” providing for deeper operational synergies among the army, navy and air force was unveiled today with an aim coherently deal with all possible security threats facing India including conventional and proxy wars.
The document listed a range of security threats facing the country including transnational threats, “proxy war” in Jammu and Kashmir and left-wing extremism in various parts of the country and indicated that “surgical strikes” could be a key feature in counter-terror operations.
“India has moved to a pro-active and pragmatic philosophy to counter various conflict situations. The response to terror provocations could be in the form of ‘surgical strikes’ and these would be subsumed in the sub-conventional portion of the spectrum of armed conflict,” it said.
The joint doctrine proposes joint training of personnel, unified command and control structure besides pushing for a tri-service approach for modernisation of the three forces. (AGENCIES)
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