Introduction
The shifting focus and perspectives in geopolitics due to predominant factors or causes over the time have led to the manifestation of different cultures such as political, bureaucratic, strategic and intelligence cultures. In other words, the curves and turns in scholarly discourse over such cultures have a profound impact in shaping the geopolitics of their times. The strategic culture of a nation, the prime focus of this article, often determines how emerging disruptive technologies should be acquired by the military establishment of that nation. Since the cold war, scholars have debated and explored the intersection of strategic culture and technology along with their impact on long term security planning of a nation. One such prominent scholar, Paul Virilio, a French cultural theorist and urbanist says in his book ‘Speed and Politics, “History progresses at the speed of its weaponry”. Adding to that, George Orwell, an English novelist, poet and critic notes that “Men are only so good as their technical developments allow them to be”. These statements suggest the acceptance of the technological evolution as a complimentary strand of human evolution just like the double helical structure of human DNA. To understand the progress and direction of technology, it is essential to understand the trajectory of innovation, especially in the domain where innovation is critical to survival. Defence innovation has always remained a critical driver of technological evolution of human civilisation, yet the theoretical discourse on its structural framework and functions has little or no depth.
