The Missile Is Dead. Long Live The Map: How Iran Invented ‘Future Of War’
Iran’s decision to levy ‘fees’ for the use of fibre-optic cables under the Strait of Hormuz – which transmit roughly 500,000 gigabytes of data an hour to ensure cross-continental internet links – reinforces a shift in the architecture and grammar of modern warfare. Observers asking if Iran can legally charge for use of undersea digital…