India's Pursuit of Emerging Military Technologies: Implications for Regional Security

Abstract

Emerging military technologies have become central to state’s strategic endeavours and contribute significantly to achieving military-cum-political objectives. The strategic competition for these advanced military technologies has not remained restricted to major powers nay, has created a spill over effect in South Asia. In this backdrop, this paper aims at discussing India's quest to integrate emerging military technologies into its force structure and its emphasis on key areas. Moreover, it will analyse impact of these technologies on force posture of India, notably with respect to Pakistan. The research is significant as it underlies ramifications of India’s relentless quest for emerging military technologies on regional security. The theoretical framework employed is Regional Security Complex Theory (RSCT) by Barry Buzan and Ole Waever. The methodology used is qualitative whereas the type of research is exploratory in nature. This research concludes that India’s quest and merger of emerging military technologies in its force structure will disturb the conventional and nuclear military balance in South Asian region and therefore is horrendously detrimental to regional security.