Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said ‘Operation Sindoor’ was an “extraordinary” display of tri-service coordination and Pakistan was still recovering from the “dealing blow” by the Indian Army. Rajnath Singh said that this operation reaffirmed India’s resolve to prepare a coordinated, adaptive and pre-emptive strategy to deal with emerging national security challenges.
“Operation Sindoor demonstrated extraordinary cohesion and integration among the three services and reaffirmed the government’s resolve to formulate a coordinated, adaptive and proactive defense strategy to meet the challenges posed by the changing global order and evolving modes of warfare,” Singh said at a book launch event.
The Defense Minister stressed that the traditional approach to defense is no longer sufficient in today’s times as wars are not fought only on the borders, but have now taken ‘hybrid’ and asymmetric forms. He said the government has undertaken several “bold and decisive” reforms aimed at building a future-ready army to ensure national security as well as the country’s strategic autonomy.
“One of these historic steps was the creation of the post of Chief of Defense Staff, which proved to be a milestone in strengthening the coordination and synergy between the three services,” he said. “The result of unity and integration during Operation Sindoor was seen by the entire world,” Singh said. Pakistan is still recovering from the devastating attack by our armed forces.
The senior BJP leader also mentioned the increase in domestic defense production and India rapidly becoming a manufacturing hub for the defense sector. “The main lesson I learned from reading this book is that civil-military integration should not be seen as mere integration, but as a strategic enabler… This process is now moving forward rapidly in India… We have promoted defense manufacturing and public-private partnerships. While promoting defense startups, we have also increased industry partnerships with academia. Today, we are rapidly developing a Emerging as manufacturing hubs… Domestic defense production now totals over Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Of this, the private sector’s contribution is approximately Rs 33,000 crore. The government has started implementing many of the suggestions given in this book…”
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In May, the Indian Armed Forces had targeted nine terrorist cells in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to avenge the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam.The Defense Minister also stressed the importance of civil-military integration and said it should be seen as a strategic enabler that promotes innovation, preserves talent and moves the nation towards technological self-reliance.He said, “This integration is possible only when we connect our civil industry, private sector, academia and defense sector for a common national objective. This increases our economic productivity and strategic edge.”
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Singh said the world is moving from “division of labour” to “integration of purpose” and there is a need to work with a shared vision, despite having different responsibilities.He said, “Our civilian administration and the military are certainly different in terms of division of labour, but since coming to power, our Prime Minister has stressed that neither administration can work in isolation; it has to work in concert with each other.”
Emphasizing the need to understand the nature of civil-military integration in the current technology-driven era, Singh called for adopting a focused approach to identify the key challenges and effectively utilize civil technological capabilities in the military domain.