# AI Warfare
**Entity class:** Military-technology concept
## Definition
**AI warfare** is the integration of machine learning, autonomy, computer vision, language systems, optimization, and agentic software into military sensing, planning, cyber operations, logistics, command and control, targeting support, and weapons. Its effects arise from speed, scale, coordination, and adaptation across the force.
## Relevance to this collection
It connects [[wiki/Military AI|Military AI]], [[wiki/CJADC2|CJADC2]], [[wiki/Project Maven|Project Maven]], [[wiki/Human-Machine Teaming|Human-Machine Teaming]], and [[wiki/Decision Speed|Decision Speed]].
## Relationships
- **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].
- **intellectual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection|Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [U.S. Department of Defense, *Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy*, November 2, 2023](https://media.defense.gov/2023/Nov/02/2003333300/-1/-1/1/DOD-DATA-ANALYTICS-AI-ADOPTION-STRATEGY.PDF).
**As of:** 2026-09-23