Theatre Level Operational Biennial Maritime Exercise TROPEX 23
The 2023 edition of Indian Navy's major biennial maritime exercise TROPEX, was conducted over a duration of three months from Jan to Mar 23...
Glimpses from Joint Tri-Services Exercise
Ex AMPHEX 2023
The biennial Tri-Services Amphibious Exercise, AMPHEX 2023 was conducted at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh from 17 to 22 January 23. AMPHEX was aimed...
Jointness is a Pre-requisite for MDO
Multi-domain war fighting requires knowledge of what is happening in various domains affecting the operational situation. Hence, a multi-domain connect is necessary if integration...
A Model Integrated AD Command For India
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) initiated an integration process within the three Services on 1 January 2020. Ostensibly meant to optimise resources, training...
Defence Reforms : Peninsular and Air Defence Commands in the Works
The Department of Military Affairs (DMA) has set a target of rolling out the first "theatre command" by 2022, and before that, it is...
Air Defence : CDS Tasked With Creating a Joint Air Defence Structure
Within days of taking over as the country's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Bipin Rawat sought a detailed proposal from the three...
Changes at the top : The Role of the CDS
The appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) will address the fragmented approach of the armed forces and bring about much-needed synergy. The...