Wars of Deception are Becoming the Norm. America Isn’t Ready

New America Strategist and Senior Fellow and ASU Professor of Practice Peter W. Singer wrote on the role of deception in modern warfare for the Washington Post.

For the past several years, many assumed that technology was lifting the proverbial fog of war. In theory, satellites, drones, cellphones and artificial intelligence would track every move and reveal military plans before a country had a chance to put them into action. And yet, this year, militaries have repeatedly proven able to trick their foes. For instance, in Operation Spiderweb, the Ukrainians used small drones hidden in tractor-trailers to blow up a dozen of Russia’s most valuable aircraft at bases thousands of miles away. A few weeks later, Israel’s Operation Rising Lion took Iran’s leadership by surprise, decimating much of its military and nuclear capability. That enabled Operation Midnight Hammer, a bolt-out-of-the-blue attack by the United States against Iranian nuclear sites.

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