India, March 15 -- The defence ministry has unveiled a new blueprint for transforming India's armed forces into an integrated, agile and technologically advanced military capable of deterring enemies and ensuring the strategic interests of the country at a time of geopolitical churn and expanding conflicts in different parts of the world. The "Defence Forces Vision 2047" is also in keeping with the government's plans to change India into a developed nation by 2047, the centenary of the country's independence. Two central pillars of this new vision are synergy among the three services in developing capabilities, planning and operations, and self-reliance in defence technologies and manufacturing, including the development of indigenous tec...