Countrys deterrence is a function of operational readiness of defence force: CJCSC.

ISLAMABAD, June 08, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Tariq Majid on Monday visited National Defence University here and attended a presentation on Joint Warfare Concept. CJCSC in his concluding remarks appreciated the panel for presenting a comprehensive study based on existing realities of the changing threat dynamics and response imperatives which demanded review of both Higher Defence Organization and war fighting concepts, as also identified by the Study Group. While commenting on the operational concepts, he stressed the need to guard against full spectrum of threats and to harmonize the individual capacities of the services within a framework of jointness. He emphasized that the countrys deterrence is a function of operational readiness which cannot be optimized following a stove pipe approach of mutually exclusive capacities of the three Services but can only be derived through a matrix approach combining conceptual and material components of all forces for an integrated and synergized response to both conventional and unconventional threats, including the asymmetric challenges confronting the country. The presentation was also attended by Chief of the Naval Staff and other senior military leadership from all the services. Earlier, on arrival at National Defence University , CJCSC was received by Lieutenant General Mohammad Hamid Khan, President National Defence University.

(THROUGH ASIA PULSE)