11-27-2008, 10:28 AM
Thanks viren,
What else but the Mumbai terror attacks can be an indicator to the fact that we need a better command and cotrol system at the top. In US and other advanced countries, National Security Council is integrated into the HDO. In India NSC is kept out the HDO. In US, Chief of Staff(equivalent to CDS that we are deliberating upon) is a member of the NSC. In India we don't even have one. In large contingencies of this scale, NSC should meet within a few minutes and effort of all the security forces should be co-ordinated. In this case, there were no reports of NSC meet at all. It has taken 11 hours for the NSG commandos to reach the hotel possibly b'cos they are from the army. The Naval commandos were deployed after almost 10 hours. Better co-ord among the forces is necessary to take faster decisions and act instantaneously.
What else but the Mumbai terror attacks can be an indicator to the fact that we need a better command and cotrol system at the top. In US and other advanced countries, National Security Council is integrated into the HDO. In India NSC is kept out the HDO. In US, Chief of Staff(equivalent to CDS that we are deliberating upon) is a member of the NSC. In India we don't even have one. In large contingencies of this scale, NSC should meet within a few minutes and effort of all the security forces should be co-ordinated. In this case, there were no reports of NSC meet at all. It has taken 11 hours for the NSG commandos to reach the hotel possibly b'cos they are from the army. The Naval commandos were deployed after almost 10 hours. Better co-ord among the forces is necessary to take faster decisions and act instantaneously.