Abstract
The changing strategic dynamics of South Asia have posed serious challenges for Pakistan. The Indian military doctrinal development suggests that it is aiming for limited, swift, and intense warfare. To operationalize such operations, the Indian military is focusing on the Network Centric Warfare (NCW) capabilities. These capabilities would enhance the Indian military intelligence gathering, improve communication, and provide real-time situational awareness to commanders for timely decision-making during any contingency. This paper, therefore, highlights that the Indian military NCW capabilities entail serious consequences for the strategic stability of South Asia especially Pakistan. The NCW skills would improve the capabilities of Indian armed forces and achieve greater shared battlespace awareness through selfsynchronization against Pakistan. It would create conventional disparity and push the region towards an unending costly arms race in the NCW domain.