<div align="justify">The Defence Ministry will set up three new agencies for cyber warfare, space and special forces operations, nearly five years after it first announced the plans to create them. <br /><br />Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra told the Unified Commander’s Conference about the plans to set up the three agencies. <br /><br />In 2012, the Chiefs of Staff Committee recommended creation of the agencies in the three areas due to their increased relevance in modern warfare. <br /><br />The defence ministry later decided to create a Defence Cyber Agency, a Defence Space Agency and the Special Operations Division (SOD) as an interim arrangement till the full-fledged commands come up. This may take several years and will depend on fund availability.<br /><br />There was an internal agreement to put a navy officer as the head of the cyber warfare agency, an air force commander at the helm of space agency and an army in-charge of the special forces division. The heads of the agencies will be three-star ranked officers. <br /><br />India’s new military doctrine underscores the need to prepare the defence forces for the “emerging triad” of space, cyberspace and special operations for future combat.<br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">The Defence Ministry will set up three new agencies for cyber warfare, space and special forces operations, nearly five years after it first announced the plans to create them. <br /><br />Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra told the Unified Commander’s Conference about the plans to set up the three agencies. <br /><br />In 2012, the Chiefs of Staff Committee recommended creation of the agencies in the three areas due to their increased relevance in modern warfare. <br /><br />The defence ministry later decided to create a Defence Cyber Agency, a Defence Space Agency and the Special Operations Division (SOD) as an interim arrangement till the full-fledged commands come up. This may take several years and will depend on fund availability.<br /><br />There was an internal agreement to put a navy officer as the head of the cyber warfare agency, an air force commander at the helm of space agency and an army in-charge of the special forces division. The heads of the agencies will be three-star ranked officers. <br /><br />India’s new military doctrine underscores the need to prepare the defence forces for the “emerging triad” of space, cyberspace and special operations for future combat.<br /><br /></div>
