U.S. Targets Iran's Space and Cyber Infrastructure Early in Operation Epic Fury

Operation Epic Fury began as a large, coordinated air campaign.

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A military announced Operation Epic Fury began early Saturday (9:45 a.m. Tehran time), launching more than 100 aircraft — fighters, bombers and support planes — after a 'trigger event' said to have been carried out by Israel with backing from the U.S. intelligence community.

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CENTCOM described the campaign as "the U.S.-led 'Epic Fury' campaign, conducted jointly with Israel," and reported battlefield effects including having "destroyed or sunk more than 30 ships and in recent hours struck an Iranian drone carrier roughly the size of a World War II aircraft carrier that is now on fire."

Multiple outlets also note that U.S. space and electromagnetic capabilities "played a key role in recent covert and kinetic operations... and the campaign codenamed Operation Epic Fury."

U.S. forces focused early strikes and electronic efforts on Iran’s space, navigation and electromagnetic infrastructure.

Officials acknowledged that they have not revealed exact systems, and experts say the effort relied on a global sensor network (ground telescopes and radars), intelligence assets, and electronic-warfare forces deployed at home and abroad.

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Defence Industry Europe reported that Space Forces Central helped integrate space effects into planning, hardened U.S. navigation and communications against interference, and tried to degrade Iran’s satellite and navigation links to deny or confuse Iranian command-and-control.

Defence Industry Europe also named units and tools involved, noting that Space Force electromagnetic-warfare units—such as Mission Delta 3, which fields tools including the Remote Modular Terminal deployable jammer—supported earlier strikes (Operation Midnight Hammer) and likely aided the recent operations.

The campaign combined space, airborne and intelligence assets to protect U.S. forces while degrading Iranian capabilities.

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U.S. Space Command also leaned on missile-warning and defense sensors, fused with National Reconnaissance Office intelligence, to cue interceptors and protect forces and networks from retaliation.

CENTCOM reported that the campaign has produced a marked drop in attacks, saying ballistic missile attacks have fallen about 90% and drone attacks about 83% since the campaign began.

Historic patterns of the strikes include large air sorties: a military announced Operation Epic Fury began, launching more than 100 aircraft — fighters, bombers and support planes.

CENTCOM framed the next phase of Epic Fury around dismantling underlying weapons infrastructure.

Acting on an order from President Donald Trump, Cooper said the operation is shifting to systematically dismantle Iran’s ballistic missile industrial base to prevent rebuilding, a process he said will take time but for which forces are well supplied.

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At the same time, officials and presenters declined to answer questions about specific targets for CENTCOM’s new LUCAS drones, which are being used in the conflict for the first time.

Other reporting stressed that 'Officials have not revealed exact systems,' underscoring limited public detail on precisely which space, cyber or missile-production nodes are being struck.

Observers note both the reported effectiveness of U.S. space and EW measures and uncertainty about Iranian countermeasures.

Defence Industry Europe summarized analyst views that 'Iran's counterspace tools are still nascent—basic jamming or spoofing is plausible, while more advanced capabilities would likely come from external suppliers,' and it recorded operational signs consistent with electromagnetic interference, noting that ships in the Strait of Hormuz have reported GPS and AIS disruptions consistent with such interference.

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CENTCOM's public account of strike effects (ships destroyed or on fire, sharp declines in missile and drone attacks) is clear, but the precise technical targets and the full role of space and cyber systems remain incompletely detailed in official statements.