Top commanders of the Indian armed forces Wednesday stressed the need to strengthen tri-service communication network in view of terrorist threat faced by the country.
The commanders attending a tri-service meet of Army, Navy and Air Force at the Southern Air Command here in the capital of south Indian state of Kerala felt it was important to step
up co-ordination among the forces for coastal security in the light of the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai.
"The command, control and co-ordination for effective coastal security can only be achieved through co-operative exercises in a realistic scenario," a Defence press release on the inaugural day's deliberations of the two-day meet said.
The conference discussed strategic reach, both by aerospace and maritime power, in the context of the Indian Ocean region and the country's security umbrella.
They also discussed ways to arrive at workable solutions for seamless integration and synergy of the three services to counter the threats posed to national resources in the
southern peninsula and the economic zones in the Indian Ocean.
The conference was chaired by Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff, Air Marshal S C Mukul.
Among the attendees are Air Marshal Sumit Mukerjee (Southern Air Command), Lt Gen Pradeek Khanna (GOC-in-C, Southern Army Command), Vice-admiral K N Susheel (FOC-in-C, Soythern Naval Command) and Vice-admiral D K Joshi, (C-in-C, Andaman and Nicobar).