Smart Maritime Power for India's Integrated Military

Abstract

The importance of maritime power as the determinant of global power needs no emphasis. India is a maritime nation with its future inextricably linked to the sea. However, due to a continental-centric approach to national security, the maritime domain has not got its due attention. With the maritime orientation of the Indo-Pacific and the likely great power contestation in these waters, India's maritime power will have a critical role to play in shaping the outcome on land. Technology will have a large role to play across the entire spectrum of conflict, both, in the maritime domain as well as on land; militaries will have to adapt these as effective force multipliers both in planning and prosecuting the conflict. The integration of the country’s maritime power in the country's security matrix will be a prerequisite to shape the future contours of the region.