By Helen M Kinsella
Publication Date: 2026-03-17 10:48:00
The American-Israeli war against Iran has been described as “the first AI war.” But the recent deployments of artificial intelligence are actually the latest in a long history of technological developments that emphasize the need for speed in the military “kill chain.”
“Sixty seconds – that’s all it took,” a former Israeli Mossad agent claimed of the attacks that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28, 2026, the first day of the US-Israeli war against Iran.
The speed and scale of wars have been significantly increased through the use of AI systems. However, this need for speed poses serious risks for civilians and military personnel alike.
Modern military operations produce and rely on an enormous amount of information. This includes intercepted phone calls and text messages, mass surveillance of the Internet (known as “signals intelligence”), and satellite images and video feeds from loitering drones. We can think of all this information as data –…
