ABSTRACT
The dual nature of information and communication technologies complemented by the rapid rate of innovations are impacting numerous domains of society including the civilian arena, military arena and the governmental organisations. Information and Communication Technology is basically an umbrella term that encapsulates networking components, applications and systems that facilitates institutions, groups or individuals to interact in the information era. As the use of electricity for information handling and transfer became common, various new and innovative devices that required electricity started coming into the battlefield dynamics. The Gulf War was fought using precision weapons with minimal collateral damage and with vastly improved means of real-time information, surveillance and target acquisition. Studies of the future security environment outline a future in which nation states would be confronted by challenges related to contested norms and persistent disorder. Globally networked and information-enabled citizens will react to viral versions of situations and ideas moving at the speed of the Internet.
