How AI is Redefining Middle Eastern Warfare

Published on May 10, 2024



Israel and the Gulf States are betting on Artificial Intelligence to help them fend off Iranian drones and proxies. 

As war rages on in the Gaza Strip, its visual narrative is shaped by scenes of tanks and rubble familiar to the public since the global war on terror. Yet a closer inspection reveals a futuristic battlespace, as much defined by algorithms and robotics as by gunfighting and air strikes.

The IDF’s miniature Firefly “suicide” drones navigate autonomously through Gaza’s streets. Namer and Eitan armored personnel carriers traverse the rubble, deploying Edge 360 artificial intelligence (AI) systems for algorithmic threat detection. Equipped with Trophy, the world’s first “Active Protection System,” Israeli Merkava tanks launch automated projectiles that intercept Hamas’ missiles and rocket-propelled grenades.

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