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    NEW DELHI: Right from the days of Normandy and other landings during World War II, amphibious operations have played a crucial part in modern day warfare.

    Though late in the making, the Indian armed forces are now ready with their own amphibious warfare doctrine to take the battle to enemy shores. The "joint doctrine for amphibious operations" will be released by the chiefs of staff committee, comprising Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Air Chief Marshal F H Major and General Deepak Kapoor, on September 9, said sources.

    The doctrine has been prepared after four years of hard work by the integrated defence staff (IDS), which even saw Army, Navy and IAF conducting two "major" amphibious exercises in 2005 and 2007 to "test and validate" some of its concepts.

    "The glitches in the doctrine were then ironed out. It will now serve as a guide for the planning and conduct of amphibious operations, achieving full synergy in the joint combat power of the three Services," said a source.

    The whole direction of a war, after all, can be changed with one properly planned and well-executed amphibious operation, which is basically a military operation launched from the sea with soldiers embarked on ships to effect a landing on a hostile shore.

    The Army, incidentally, already has two specifically-earmarked "amphibious brigades", with almost 10,000 soldiers, one based at Thiruvananthapuram, and the other at Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

    The Navy's "strategic sealift capability", in turn, got a big boost with the induction of the huge 16,900-tonne amphibious transport warship INS Jalashwa , known as the USS Trenton earlier, from US in 2007.

    The 173-metre long INS Jalashwa , the second largest Indian warship after the 28,000-tonne aircraft carrier INS Viraat , can transport four landing craft, six helicopters and a battalion of 900-1,000 fully-armed soldiers over long distances.

    "The IAF comes in since an amphibious operation will require air cover to warships and landing platform docks carrying soldiers, which are at their most vulnerable during landings," said a senior officer.

    "Amphibious operations, which are inherently mobile and flexible, are probably the most complex of all military manoeuvres. They require all types of warships, aircraft, weapons, landing and special forces acting in a well-oiled concerted manner to establish beachheads," he added.

    Forces ready with joint amphibious warfare doctrine-India-The Times of India
    " THe SiLEnt KNighT.

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    If we did not have an amphibious doctrine till now..what were are amphibious operations based on ? Were they a part of our land-forces doctrine ?
    " THe SiLEnt KNighT.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by sohamsri View Post
      If we did not have an amphibious doctrine till now..what were are amphibious operations based on ? Were they a part of our land-forces doctrine ?
      i don't think we had any major amphibious operations planned...for pak earlier it was mainly naval blockade and missile strikes on the harbour..

      "Ambhibious doctrine" targetting Pak or China??

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Mercenary View Post
        i don't think we had any major amphibious operations planned...for pak earlier it was mainly naval blockade and missile strikes on the harbour..

        "Ambhibious doctrine" targetting Pak or China??
        None. Pakistan is just across the Canal.Take a walk and you are there, you dont need a sea route to get there.China also none.Talk a walk across the Himalayas and you get there too. Besides to get to China via the Sea Route and through the South China Sea, is suicide,considering the fact the PLAAF,PLANAF, and PLAN have more presence in those waters than India.
        Whatever the capabilities, IAF CANNOT provide air cover to your landing platforms there.

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        • #5
          Walking across the Himalayas isn't exactly a piece of cake.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Sumku View Post
            None. Pakistan is just across the Canal.Take a walk and you are there, you dont need a sea route to get there.China also none..
            It has to be targetting either of our wonderful neighbours...possibly a new strategy to open new-fronts in case of a conflict...

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            • #7
              Who knows in whose landing craft we will be sailing in future if the need arise. so its better we are prepared to join hands
              It is so. It cant be otherwise

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Skywatcher View Post
                Walking across the Himalayas isn't exactly a piece of cake.
                Nothing actually is a piece of a cake, making a cup of coffee too isn't.
                However walking across the Himalaya's is a lot better IMO than committing suicide in South China Sea. Don't you think so.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Sumku View Post
                  Nothing actually is a piece of a cake, making a cup of coffee too isn't.
                  However walking across the Himalaya's is a lot better IMO than committing suicide in South China Sea. Don't you think so.
                  Sumku do you know why the SFF was created

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Mercenary View Post
                    It has to be targetting either of our wonderful neighbours...possibly a new strategy to open new-fronts in case of a conflict...
                    Strategy worth emulating but only against Pakistan and not China. Also, you can achieve a much effective response by taking a land route rather than risking that many soldiers via the sea-route.

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                    • #11
                      Amphibious forces are only a worthwhile scenario if you are invading Sri Lanka and I am not able to see that

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by pravin View Post
                        Sumku do you know why the SFF was created
                        Special Frontier Force was created for doing anything in the Himalaya's and Tibet via the land route and not for committing suicide against the face of the world's second largest AF in South China Sea

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by pravin View Post
                          Amphibious forces are only a worthwhile scenario if you are invading Sri Lanka and I am not able to see that
                          Correct, to be able to project power beyond India Ocean and not for countries surrounding you.You can simply march there

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Sumku View Post
                            Correct, to be able to project power beyond India Ocean and not for countries surrounding you.You can simply march there
                            didn't get you

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Sumku View Post
                              Special Frontier Force was created for doing anything in the Himalaya's and Tibet via the land route and not for committing suicide against the face of the world's second largest AF in South China Sea
                              SFF to specifically deal with the chinese in Tibet using Tibetians

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