India, April 8 -- The ongoing conflict in West Asia, defined by the Iran war, underscores a clear shift: modern warfare now extends beyond land, air, and sea. The nearly 40-day conflict-triggered by coordinated US-Israel strikes and subsequent retaliatory missile and drone attacks-has evolved into a multi-domain battlespace, disrupting energy corridors, communications infrastructure, and supply chains. While attention remains on the Strait of Hormuz and oil flows, a deeper transformation is underway-towards space-enabled sensing, resilient communications, and real-time decision-making that define the new grammar of war.

This transformation is increasingly visible in how defence systems are being architected. Space is no longer a supporti...