MY 0.02 ON THE HAPPENINGS IN THE DEFENCE SPHERE IN INDIA TODAY- PART 1

1)      PENINSULA THEATRE COMMAND TO BE FORMED.

-GOOD MOVE THAT BASICALLY TURNS THE ENTIRETY OF PENINSULAR INDIA INTO ONE THEATRE OF BATTLE.

-THIS WILL LIKELY INDICATE THIS COMMAND WILL MAKE USE OF THE PENINSULA   AS ONE GIANT AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH IAF & IN GROUND BASED COMBAT AIRCRAFT LIKE P8I & THE RECENTLY INDUCTED BRAHMOS EQUIPPED SU30 SQUADRON AT THANJAVUR FORMING THE TIP OF A SPEAR.

-THIS THEATRE WILL LIKELY DOMINATE BOTH THE ARABIAN SEA & BAY OF BENGAL USING LAND BASED ASSETS BACKED UP BY A LARGE FLEET OF CONVENTIONAL SUBMARINES, CORVETTES & POSSIBLY A FEW OLDER FRIGATES AND DESTROYERS. OLDER LPDS LIKE THE JALASHWA WILL LIKELY BE DEPUTED TO THIS COMMAND AS WELL.

-THIS COMMAND WILL ALSO LIKELY CONTROL THE COASTAL RADAR NETWORK &THE INVENTORY OF SHORE BASED ASCM LAUNCHERS WHICH WILL SERVE AS its EYES & IT’S SPEARS.

CHANGES THE WAY THE IN WILL GO TO WAR FROM ONE BASED ON THE SURFACE OF THE SEA TO ONE BASED ON THE SURFACE OF LAND AS WELL.

-THIS INDICATES THAT THE FUTURE PURCHASES OF THE IN GEARED TOWARDS THIS COMMAND WILL BE CHEAPER SHORTER RANGED SSKs & MISSILE ARMED CORVETTES.

- THIS ALSO POINTS TOWARDS AN OCEANIC COMMAND (INDO PACIFIC) COMING UP AS THE 2^ND IN COMMAND IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHICH WILL TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GUARDING THE SLOCs AND DISTANT FOREIGN OUTPOSTS LIKE ONE’S IN MAURITIUS & OMAN. THIS FORCE WILL LIKELY BE EQUIPPED WITH TWO CBGS COMPOSED OF THE BULK OF THE DDG ,FFG & REPLENISHMENT VESSLES  IN THE NEAR TERM ALONGWITH THE ENTIRETY OF THE IN SSBN & SSN FORCE.

2)      AIR DEFENCE COMMAND FOR INDIA COMING UP.

-GOOD MOVE THAT BASICALLY COMBINES MULTIPLE TIERS OF RADARS & SURFACE TO AIR INTERDICTION ASSETS INTO ONE NET. THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PARTIALLY REALIZED VIA THE IACCS NODES WHICH TIE MULTIPLE MILITARY & CIVILIAN RADAR INTO ONE NET &TAKES IT ONE STEP FURTHER BY PUTTING ALL SURFACE BASED INTERDICTION ASSETS FROM THE BMD UNITS TO THE SPAAG UNITS UNDER ONE COMMAND. LIKELY TO HELP CREATE A BETTER INTERCEPTION PACKAGE WITH OVERLAPPING ARCS OF FIRE.

-WHILE THE EARLIER IACCS & AFNET PLAN TIED TOGETHER PRIMARLY AIR FORCE DEFENSE RADARS WITH CIVILIAN RADAR THIS COMMAND WILL ALSO TIE INTO A VAST NETWORK OF RADARS OPERATED BY THE ARMY &THE NAVY LIKE THE EXCELLENT MFSTARS ON BOARD THE KOLKATA & OTHER DDGS TO HELP CREATE A MUCH MORE DETAILED PICTURE.

-SIMILARLY THIS COMMAND WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD A MUCH BETTER INTERCEPTION NETWORK UTILIZING ARMY ORGANIC SAM ASSETS & NAVAL SAM UNITS IN CONJUCTION WITH EXISITNG AIR FORCE SAM UNITS.

-THIS COMMAND WILL LIKELY ALSO BE THE HEADQUARTERS FOR A SPACE DEFENCE & A BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE CORPS.

3)      J&K TO BE SEPARATE THEATRE.

-     GOOD MOVE THAT LETS VARIOUS MILITARY UNITS IN JAMMU & KASHMIR BE FORMED INTO ONE INTEGRATED UNIT.

-      THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE RESPONSE TIMES & ALLOW REQUIRED ASSETS TO REALLOCATED TO AREAS WHERE THEY ARE REQUIRED MUCH FASTER THAN THEY ARE TODAY. THIS COMMAND SHOULD BE ABLE TO SURGE TROOPS & EQUIPMENT QUICKLY IN AREAS WHERE REQUIRED WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH MULTIPLE COMMAND LAYERS.