Why Countries Are Racing to Build Underground Mega-Bunkers
Deep beneath mountains, deserts, and even major cities, a quiet construction boom is underway. Governments around the world are investing billions of dollars in vast underground mega-bunkers—fortified facilities designed to survive wars, cyberattacks, nuclear blasts, and even global catastrophes. Once associated mainly with Cold War paranoia, bunkers have returned to the center of national security planning. The reasons behind this race reveal a world growing more uncertain, more technologically vulnerable, and more aware of how fragile surface-level infrastructure has become.