SOCIAL POST: The Regional War is a Space War
The next conflict will likely be fought in space and cyberspace first, and only on the ground last.
Since Al-Aqsa Flood, this has been a space war above all. True Promise 3 marked history’s first fully space-enabled conflict between states. Within a month, Israel launched its first state-owned communications satellite, Dror-1, & weeks later Iran responded with Nahid-2. During the 12-day war, Iran’s advanced cyber and electronic warfare tactics hampered Israel’s satellite-dependent operations, disrupting real-time intelligence, drone coordination, and secure transmissions vital for airstrikes. These vulnerabilities were laid bare.
The back-and-forth keeps escalating. Iran plans 20 more satellites by the end of 2025, aiming to establish a low Earth orbit constellation for enhanced surveillance and missile precision. Israel is pushing ahead with more. This week, Israel launched Ofek-19, a radar observation satellite designed to capture high-resolution images of 'its enemies', providing round-the-clock, all-weather surveillance. Its launch, and Israel’s wider push to advance its aerospace industry, signal a continued commitment to remaining in a permanent state of war.
As we predicted right after the war: the next conflict will likely be fought in space and cyberspace first, and only on the ground last. Space war is no longer a speculative future but an ongoing reality.