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Unambiguous command and control is the key to effective use of the military instrument. This principle cannot be violated in a military system that must always be war-ready. The Services structure is built on those lines with minor variations, if any. As technology improves or is inducted with capability enhancement, it remains housed under the same construct responsible for it in the first place.
Slight tweaking to add specialisation if needed only strengthens the system of optimal employment and effective utilisation. Unity of commands is thus ensured, even in the most diverse capabilities. Any major change to the command and control in the military is made only if it makes the response more efficient and effective. Laborious and weighty bureaucracy is anathema to the military's effective and optimal employment.
Pakistan's military system, despite two superfluous nomenclatures — the Supreme Commander, which is more symbolic, and the Chairman JCSC, now rescin
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