India, Nov. 8 -- As drones hunt in the skies and high precision satellites scan the surface through dust, haze and clouds menacingly, warfighting has transcended into a new dimension-below the earth's surface. In this era of ever increasing "Battlefield Transparency", this option is apparently back into consideration in the military planning matrix, worldwide. This has been aptly demonstrated in both the ongoing conflicts of Iran and Ukraine. Underground infrastructure today has evolved from merely being a tactical advantage into a strategic military asset. It can protect critical infrastructure against modern surveillance and precision strikes by the enemy.

Conflicts have given rise to two important paradigms-cutting edge battlefield in...