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AI-ENABLED DECISION SUPERIORITY IN CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS: LESSONS FOR THE INDIAN NAVY

Indian Naval Despatch: Volume 6. No. 3 | by Abhishek Prasad

AI-ENABLED DECISION SUPERIORITY IN CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS: LESSONS FOR THE INDIAN NAVY
Published Date: August 2026 | 17 min read | 9 Views
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Abstract: Recent conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and the Red Sea have demonstrated that combat advantage is shifting from platform superiority to decision superiority. The decisive factor is no longer only who possesses the better sensor or weapon, but who can fuse information, decide, allocate force and adapt faster under contested conditions. This article examines AI enabled decision superiority through three operational…

der disruption. Using Project Maven, Ukrainian digital targeting systems, Israel’s Habsora/Gospel system and Red Sea operational experience, it argues that AI is not only a technological enhancer but an institutional test of doctrine, command responsibility and operational adaptation. For the Indian Navy (IN), the key

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