Artificial intelligence has emerged as a defining feature of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, enabling rapid targeting and a high tempo of strikes that military officials describe as unprecedented, though questions persist about the technology's precision and the human costs involved.
Since the launch of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, 2026, U.S. Central Command has conducted thousands of strikes across Iran, with more than 1,000 targets hit in the first 24 hours alone — a pace military leaders attribute in large part to AI-assisted systems. Admiral Brad Cooper, head of CENTCOM, publicly confirmed the use of "a variety of advanced AI tools" to process vast amounts of battlefield data in seconds, allowing commanders to make decisions faster than Iranian forces could react.
