The Indian military plans to carry out military reform, reorganize the existing five commands by 2022, redefine their respective areas of responsibility, create a theater command and combat system similar to that of the United States and China, and strive to achieve a "coordinated and coordinated" seamless operational command system. Seeing that my ** changed theater has a quick and flexible response, India is also going to establish five major theaters!
India's military reform plan is to divide India's territory into five major theaters, and on this basis, establish a seamless command structure for synchronized operations, with separate theater commands in each theater and independent joint logistics and training commands. Among the five major theaters, the Northern Theater is the top priority, and the main responsibility of this theater is to deal with China, responsible for managing the 3,488-kilometer-long border and the Line of Actual Control between China and India. At the same time, the Indian military will deliberate on the issue of 50,000 soldiers in the border areas for the winter, and in short, it feels that the tense situation on the border has made the Indian military top brass think that it will not work if the military reform is not carried out quickly. There are also the Peninsula Command, the Air Defense Command, the Navy Command, and the Western Command, which is dedicated to Pakistan.
The Indian army also has to resolve some outstanding issues, such as reducing the number of officers' canteens, reducing the number of guards at officers' residences, and other issues involving the interests of officers, and also discussing the coordination of the chain of command for joint operations of the three services, as proposed by the Andaman Nicobar Command, the only command of the three services of the Indian army.
In terms of India's current situation, the creation of a theater system similar to that of the United States and China is something that the United States has spent on military spending for decades, and it is unrealistic to copy it, and it is more realistic to learn from the "northern neighbor." The Indian military has expressed support for Modi's "military reform", but has also said it will take "years" for it to take shape. In fact, this also reflects the biggest problem in the promotion of "military reform" in various countries: it is easy to build a shelf, but it is difficult to lay off people. Judging from the experience of China's "military reform," the command system and force structure must be adjusted together. India will implement a series of reforms, such as reducing military parades, cutting the number of military bands, guards and officers' canteens, and raising the retirement age of some non-combat institutions and medical personnel to save on military pension expenses. These proposals for "military reform" have received some praise in the military, but they have created ripples in the military's top echelons.
Military reform must first have a top-level vision, and then executive preparation and planning, and it is not something that you can change if you want to. India's current military reform is more like catching a duck on the shelf, and if it is not fully prepared, there is a high probability that the military reform will fail, and even if it succeeds, there will be a period of several years of adaptation and weakness. Due to its limited budget, if India wants to increase its military strength in the short term, it can only "reduce its strength and increase efficiency". In fact, India has been thinking about this issue for decades, until Modi finally made up his mind to put forward a series of proposals to "reform the military", but it was difficult to implement. Looking at the epidemic that infected 7.5 million people in the world, and India is still provoking wars on the border, do they understand the consequences of war?
During the period of India's "military reform," it still wants to engage in a border confrontation with our country, and it will certainly stagnate due to the constraints of the military, and when the time comes, India will lose face together, and I wonder to whom India will throw the "pot" of defeat at that time? (Wen Shanfeng).