Five Theatre Commands by 2022?

According to reports from New Delhi, the Department of Military Affairs have advised a major re-organisation wherein the Armed Forces would function under five theatre commands by 2022 with “defined areas of operation and seamless command structure for synchronised operation.” These were include a Peninsula Command, an Air Defence Command while the present Andaman & Nicobar Command could be merge into the Maritime Command. According to a former VCOAS “Theaterisation of Commands is imperative to integrate resources of the three services for maximising impact in any war. The geographical expanse of theatres in India demands unified commands for strategic decisions and critical outcomes that will be possible in concentrated employment of resources”.