Last Saturday, March 28, the United States together with Israel attacked Iran. In a joint action, both nations have coordinated a series of war offensives, which have affected infrastructure, cities and have ended the life of the Iranian supreme leader.
Since then, air attacks have been a constant in ; However, the landscape of modern warfare transcends the use of traditional destructive physical force.such as explosions, bombings and projectiles.
The rise of cyberwar
Technological evolutions have affected our society transversally and it has not been the exception. “Looking at war in the 21st century, the use, exploitation and denial of the EM spectrum [electromagnético] “They are absolutely fundamental to victory.”says Houston Cantwell, retired brigadier general of the US Air Force in an interview for
“In the 20th century, it was important. In the 21st century, it is essential,” emphasizes. A clear example of this has been the interventions that the United States has carried out recently, such as in Iran.
When the North American Armed Forces invaded Caracas last January, they combined “different strategies provided by Spacecom, Cybercom and other members of the inter-institutional to create a communication channel“explains the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine.
In addition, the United States and Israel implemented interference or deactivated radars, managing to clear the airspace to later carry out the various assaults.
Louise Marie Hurel, from the Royal United Services Institute, who has been a consultant to the United Nations, emphasizes the role of technology in contemporary armed conflicts, detailing that cyberwar is key to “a“support reconnaissance and broader intelligence collection efforts in preparation for the operation and in planning its subsequent phases”he concludes.
