India, Jan. 16 -- The upcoming Republic Day parade on January 26 will unfold in a new phased battle array format to showcase the military's wide-ranging capabilities, with weapons and systems including infantry elements, tanks, artillery systems, missiles, and airpower being displayed in a sequence that shows how they are used in a combat scenario, defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said on Friday.

The new format comes in the backdrop of Operation Sindoor, the four-day military confrontation between India and Pakistan in early May, following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.

The 77th Republic Day parade will also bear an imprint of the ongoing restructuring in the army. Singh said the recently raised ...