In short: modern air defense often works technically and fails economically. Intercepting cheap drones with expensive missiles drains magazines and budgets fast, so the real […]
Month: August 2026
Sensor Fusion: Why Modern Air Defense Runs on Data, Not Just Missiles
In short: modern air defense wins or loses on the quality of its track data, not the size of its missile stockpile. Radar, electro-optical and […]
Thicker armor did not save the tank. Shooting the missile down did.
In short: More steel stopped working against modern warheads decades ago. Active protection systems keep tanks alive by detecting an incoming projectile and killing it […]