The Indian government is pursuing drastic military reforms. The slogan of India's military reform is to have better troops, reduce administrative affairs, and focus on actual combat. Its main goal is to establish a flat command system in front-line troops and improve the mobile combat capabilities of field troops in each theater. This guideline is almost the same as the reform strategy launched by China five years ago to strengthen its military.
India is integrating the current combat system of land, sea and air operations. Modi has resisted the pressure and launched a multi-service joint operations command center to weaken the command functions of service commanders during combat and enhance the wartime coordination capabilities of various theaters. During wartime, front-line combat forces are under the unified command of the joint command center. The current Indian army, like the Chinese army before its reform, has a continental army mindset, and is basically commanded by the army during combat.
After China's military reform, a system was formed in which the Military Commission is in charge, the theater is responsible for the battle, and the military services are responsible for the construction. India may have studied China's military reform and found that China's military reform has improved mobile combat capabilities. Following the example, the direction of military reform is also the commander-in-chief of the joint headquarters of the three services. In wartime, the theater is the main battle, and in peacetime, the military services are established. They are simply "the same" .
So can India’s military reform be successful?
It is actually very difficult. India's social system and racial system have created huge resistance to military reform. Military reform also involves the interests of multiple services, making India's military reform difficult.
India's recently launched "Path of Fire" recruitment plan is part of military reform, but it has triggered fierce public protests and even street confrontations in many areas. The reason why India's military reform has been met with such strong protests is because it has touched the direct interests of many people. Indians demonstrated at the slightest dissatisfaction, making military reform more difficult.
Indians work at a slow pace. It took 35 years to build an "Arjun" tank and 431 years to build an "Tejas" fighter jet. Now India is developing rapidly and the time to build an aircraft carrier has been shortened to 15 years. India's military reform should eventually succeed, because the world The trend of military development in major countries is the goal of India's military reform. As for the time when the military reform will be successful, given the nature of Indians, they themselves don’t know. Perhaps only God knows.
Regardless of whether India’s military reform is successful or not, India is also a country with a large population and a large military. As a neighbor of India, we must not underestimate India.
