The Rise of AI in Military Operations: What It Means
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury — striking over 1,000 targets inside Iran within the first 24 hours, nearly double the pace of the 2003 shock-and-awe campaign in Iraq.
The difference, according to the Pentagon, was AI warfare. The Maven Smart System, built on Palantir's data infrastructure and powered in part by Anthropic's Claude, compressed targeting timelines that once took hours into seconds.
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