India’s long-discussed theatre command reform is finally edging closer to reality. The Combined Commanders’ Conference in Kolkata (September 15–17), attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior security policymakers, has injected fresh momentum into the project by approving a set of foundational reforms that could reshape the country’s warfighting architecture.

At a time when modern conflict spans land, air, sea, cyber, space, and the information domain, the absence of integrated command structures is increasingly seen as a vulnerability. India’s current service-specific silos create duplication, slow decision-making, and dilute combat potential in precisely the kind of fast-paced, multi-domain environment adversaries are preparing for.

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