Kuala Lampur, May 19 -- The modern image of war is increasingly dominated by drones.

Small drones. Large drones. Surveillance drones. Naval drones. Underwater drones. Loitering munitions.

Swarm drones. Kamikaze drones. High-altitude pseudo satellites. Autonomous reconnaissance systems. AI-enabled targeting platforms.

Yet the world often misunderstands the true nature of drone warfare.

The drone itself is merely the visible component of a much larger and increasingly invisible system powered by artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, cloud computing, machine learning and algorithmic decision-making.

In reality, the drone is only the tip of the iceberg.

Below it lies a vast architecture of AI-enabled warfare that is transforming the n...