As a consequence, large numbers of Indian troops are being moved into India’s most sensitive border state. This re-configuration is aimed at replacing the Indian military’s current 17 single-service commands with a smaller number of integrated theatre commands. There is expected to be a new “northern theatre command,” headed by an army lieutenant general, to handle the China threat from the north and northeast. On similar lines, a “western theatre command,” headed by an air marshal, will handle the Pakistan threat from the west and north-west. These amount to 375,000 Indian troops, again assuming there are 15,000 troops in each division.