New Delhi, Mar 04: With warfare scenario undergoing dramatic changes, the Indian Army has drafted a new war doctrine which may be adopted soon, Army Chief Gen NC Vij said in New Delhi on today. "A rough draft has been evolved and would be finalised soon after it is circulated within the service as well as incorporating suggestions from the defence think tanks," he said while inaugurating a two-day seminar on 'Army 2020: Shape and Size and Structure and General Doctrine for Emerging Challenges'.

For the first time in recent years, all three service Chiefs shared the podium and took the occasion to call for forging greater cooperation among Army, Air Force and Navy saying, all future wars would require extraordinary synergy between the three divisions.

The Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and Naval Chief Admiral Madhvendera Singh said Indian armed forces would have to fine-tune tactics of precision standoff attacks.

Singh said that along with current modernisation drive in the armed forces, care has to be taken to change the attitude of the men who manned the machines.

"We have to go in for drastic changes in the attitude of men in uniforms to develop among them leadership qualities and means to imbibe futuristic technology," the Naval Chief said. Bureau Report