1st Edition

India and Network-Centric Warfare The Importance of Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Space Technologies

By Kartik Bommakanti Copyright 2026
172 Pages
by Routledge India

172 Pages
by Routledge India

172 Pages
by Routledge India

This book analyses India’s Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) capabilities and how well they are integrated into the Indian armed forces, especially the Indian Army. It explores primarily the technological and to a more limited extent the doctrinal and organisational issues that are related to NCW. It assesses how three technologies that are central to NCW – cyber, electronic warfare, and space –... Read more

Introduction 1. CW and Network Centric Warfare 2. CW and EW in Network Centric Warfare 3. Offensive Cyber Warfare Capabilities and Network Centric Warfare 4. Small Satellite Capabilities and Network Centric Warfare 5. Counterspace Space Capabilities and Network Centric Warfare 6. Epilogue: Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technology in the Indian Armed Forces and their Impact on Network Centric Warfare 7. Conclusion and Recommendations

Biography

Kartik Bommakanti is Senior Fellow on Defence and National Security at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi. He is a member of the Strategic Studies Programme at the ORF.