India’s experience during Operation Sindoor has reinforced the centrality of integrated command, fail-safe communication and cross-domain capabilities, with all three services (Army, Navy and Air Force) operating on a common network to ensure swift and effective coordination, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (CISC), said on Monday (December 22, 2025).
Speaking exclusively with The Hindu at the 108th convocation of the Technical Entry Scheme course at the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME), Secunderabad, Air Marshal Dixit explained that coordination during complex military operations begins at the highest level of leadership and is sustained by robust, reliable and secure communication systems.
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Beyond communication infrastructure, Air Marshal Dixit highlighted the importance of jointness, describing it as the ability of different services to understand each other’s perspectives, strengths and limitations. He noted that the armed forces had been working consistently towards jointness for the past five to five years through shared training and integrated planning.
