# Operation Epic Fury **Entity class:** Military campaign **Domain:** Iran war / AI-enabled targeting / infrastructure warfare **Doc Type:** Developed Event Node **Maturity:** Historical **As of:** 2026-09-20 ## Definition **Operation Epic Fury** was the 2026 U.S.-led campaign against Iranian missile, nuclear, command, and supporting infrastructure. Public reporting describes machine-assisted targeting and the [[wiki/Maven Smart System|Maven Smart System]] as important elements of the operational kill chain. ## Evidence Ledger - **Established:** U.S. military officials publicly described AI use during the campaign. - **Established:** Commercial hyperscale data centers in the region became threatened and struck wartime infrastructure in 2026. - **Strongly indicated:** Machine-intelligence infrastructure had become both an operational instrument and an object of attack. - **Unresolved:** The exact causal role of AI recommendations in individual strikes. Promotion requires target-development logs, command records, and after-action reviews; demotion requires records showing the relevant decisions were made through other processes. ## Sources / Provenance - [CSIS, “Epic Fury” analysis (2026)](https://www.csis.org/analysis/epic-fury-campaign-against-irans-missile-nuclear-infrastructure). - [DefenseScoop, CENTCOM description of AI use (2026)](https://defensescoop.com/2026/03/11/us-military-using-ai-against-iran-operation-epic-fury-adm-cooper/). - [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]]. ## Relationships - **Used:** [[wiki/Maven Smart System|Maven Smart System]]. - **Escalated:** [[wiki/Denial Wars|Denial Wars]] into kinetic attacks on computational infrastructure. - **Affected:** [[wiki/Hyperscale Data Center|Hyperscale Data Center]] and [[wiki/Stargate Project|Stargate Project]] risk.