OPINION | The invisible battlefield: Mastering electronic warfare in the age of AI

Electronic warfare is no longer a niche military speciality—it is the hidden architecture of modern conflict. From Ukraine’s drone-saturated battlefields to West Asia’s network-centric air campaigns, wars are increasingly being decided not by who sees the enemy first, but by who controls the invisible medium through which all seeing, sensing, communicating and striking now occurs: the electromagnetic spectrum. This shift marks a decisive break from the post–Cold War era, when Western militaries operated with near-assured dominance in GPS, communications and precision targeting. That comfort has evaporated. Today, every signal is contested, every transmission is vulnerable, and every advantage in the…