Digital Domains Are the New Battlefield

(Lauryn Williams – Lawfare) When the world woke up to news of a massive U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran on Feb. 28, the early headlines were digital as well as kinetic. Anthropic’s Claude AI tool reportedly aided the U.S. military in selecting targets for missile strikes; an alleged Israeli cyberattack compromised the widely used BadeSaba religious calendar application to send anti-regime messages; the Iranian regime imposed an internet blackout and the U.S. military claimed that cyber and space operations had “disrupted” Iran’s communications; and electronic warfare activity spiked concurrently, hampering GPS navigation systems for ships passing through the Gulf. These events reveal a truth of modern warfare: Air campaigns like Operation Epic Fury are being fought and shaped in digital domains, including cyberspace, the information space, the electromagnetic spectrum, and outer space. Lines between these domains are blurring with growing implications for the future of modern conflict. – Digital Domains Are the New Battlefield | Lawfare