The bigger question is while it's a project, do you think a $100m budget will provide tangible learnings to lead into a successful Command ? Or is this experiment doomed to fail from inception?
(I honestly don't have an answer or thought either way- just asking )
Money has almost nothing to do with it, the question is what is the actual objective and what freedom have they been given by the MoD?
It seems like they are just going through the motions, SOCOM was identified by a committee as necessary along with a cyber and space command but what’s their mission? What is the strategic mandate for Indian SOFs? US SOCOM emerged with a clear mandate after the failure of Operation Eagle Claw. UKSF Command was created because of GWOT
India just seems to be ticking a box and even INSOCOM doesn’t even seem to be a priority, AFSOD will slowly fall away and any lessons learned from it will be consigned to history. You have IAF thinking Garuds are base security and IN sending MARCOs to train with Russian marines for infantry beach landings, I won’t even start on PARA SF.
Until there’s a clear mandate from the very top these things are never going to change.
