Army to unveil new land warfare doctrine: What may change and why it matters

The army is about to get a new land warfare doctrine. Defence minister Rajnath Singh will release it on Friday, the third and final day of the biannual Army Commanders' Conference, the first under General Dhiraj Seth as Army chief. The three-day meeting brings together the commanders-in-chief of the army's six operational and one training command and the principal staff officers at Army Headquarters. The defence ministry says the doctrine will give the force an overarching framework for the changing character of war, at a time when drones, precision strikes and networked operations are deciding more and more battles.The last land warfare doctrine was released in December 2018, about a year and a half after the joint doctrine of the armed forces of April 2017. Earlier editions came out in 1998 and 2004.