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Beyond the maritime domain, the shadow conflict is expected to manifest in the digital realm. Iran has spent the last decade building one of the world’s most resilient and aggressive cyber-warfare programs. The 2026 strikes have provided the ultimate justification for Tehran to deploy these tools against critical infrastructure in the West, targeting financial systems, power grids, and water treatment facilities. This is the new reality of “all options”: a war that has no front lines and no clear declaration of peace.
