10 internal unrest and disturbances. The major tasks of the Indian Army are as follows: Effectively project deterrence and dissuasion through the medium of strong, well-structured combat capability. • Be prepared to engage in and conduct all types of military operations, singly or jointly, in the entire spectrum of conflict. • Provide the requisite land forces component of the Strategic Forces Command. • Provide aid to civil authority when called upon to do so for maintenance of law and order, humanitarian aid and assistance during disasters and calamities or any other circumstances including maintenance of essential services. • Participate in United Nations peacekeeping operations in consonance with India’s commitment to the United Nations Charter. • Be prepared to render military assistance to friendly countries when required to do so. • “It is not big armies that win battles; it is the good ones”. – Maurice de Saxe, Mes Reveries, 1732.