Gen. Deepak Kapoor, Chief of Army Staff and the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee released three joint operational doctrines – the Joint Doctrine for Sub Conventional Operations; Joint Doctrine for Electronic Warfare; and Joint Doctrine for Maritime Air Operations formulated by the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS). The doctrines emphasise on the need to enhance the joint war-fighting capabilities of the Indian armed forces as “wars would be fought not only in air, on land and sea but also in cyberspace, on electronic fronts, along information highways and media fronts.”1

• 1. Government of India, Press Information Bureau, ‘Chiefs of Staff Committee releases joint operational doctrines’, Press Release, February 9, 2010 http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57725