New Delhi: In the emerging security paradigm, India’s security would be maintained not only at the international border, the line of control or the actual line of control, but in the strategic space of the “extended neighborhood” and the “strategic border “Chief of Personal Defense, General Bipin Rawat said on Saturday.
At a symposium on “emerging defense exports,” General Rawat said that India values its emerging relationship with the United States and “appreciates” its traditional relationship with Russia.
“With these two powers, we share a mature and robust defense and security framework,” he said.
“In the emerging security paradigm, India’s security would not be maintained, as before, only at the international border, the line of control or the actual line of control, but in the strategic space of the ‘extended neighborhood’ and the “strategic frontier,” “he added.
Gen Rawat said the military must be structured in a way that provides operational flexibility to pursue broader strategic goals.
Speaking about the proposed reforms in the military structure, General Rawat said that the Chief of Defense Staff and the theater commanders would “jointly” provide unity of command, while the service headquarters and the “component commanders” could provide unity of effort.
“The Indian defense sector is today at a tipping point ready to take off. The Indian Government and armed forces have clearly demonstrated their determination and commitment to the Make in India Defense initiative. We are fully committed to winning the Indian wars with Indian solutions, “said the CDS.
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