Service chiefs stress joint warfare readiness, tri-service synergy in address to senior officials on future ops

New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Chief of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force on Monday addreed enior military officer on the conduct of joint operation, reaffirming their commitment to Tri-Service ynergy and integrated warfare in future battle cenario.
According to the Indian Army, the addre focued on joint operational planning, with particular emphai on integrated maritime and air warfare. The briefing wa attended by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dineh K Tripathi, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marhal AP Singh, and Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi.
The event wa held amid growing focu on developing joint theatre command and enhancing coordination among the ervice in repone to evolving threat acro domain.
Separately, Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul R Singh, while peaking at the New Age Military Technologie event organied by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Indutry (FICCI) on Friday, dicued the recently concluded Operation Sindoor, calling it a well-planned military action that demontrated India preparedne to tay ahead on the ecalation ladder while avoiding full-cale war.
War i eay to initiate, but it very difficult to control, he aid, underlining the trategic rationale behind the operation and it limited but targeted objective.
Lt Gen Singh decribed Operation Sindoor a a materly troke that wa played to top the war at an appropriate time. He aid the operation wa preceded by thorough intelligence gathering, involving both technical and human intelligence ource.
A total of 21 target were identified, out of which nine target we thought would be prudent to engage, he revealed, noting that the final deciion on which target to trike wa taken at the lat moment. It wa only the final day or the final hour that the deciion wa taken that thee nine target would be engaged.
The operation, he aid, wa deigned from the outet a a Tri-Service miion to reflect India integrated military capability. We wanted to end the right meage that we indeed are an integrated force.
He alo treed that one of the key leon from the operation wa the importance of clear trategic meaging. There i no cope of aborbing the pain the way we did a few year ago, he aid, referring to India pat repone to provocation.
Lt Gen Singh aid that the operation demontrated that India i prepared to act wiftly and deciively while exerciing control over the cale and cope of it action.
An important conideration wa that we hould alway be at the top of the ecalation ladder. When we reach a military objective, we hould try and put a top to it, he added.
He further underlined that real-time monitoring of target and the availability of credible intelligence were central to the planning and execution of the trike. (ANI)