How Missile Defense Systems Are Struggling Against Mass Drone Attacks
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How Missile Defense Systems Are Struggling Against Mass Drone Attacks
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The old air defense mechanisms were initially constructed to target high velocity aircrafts and long-range ballistic projectiles. Nonetheless, recent wars have demonstrated the increasing difficulty that cannot be managed by many defense networks that were not constructed to manage such issues. Masses of cheap drones can be used to flood high-technology defense in numbers and random routes. With the growing accessibility of drone technology, and its decreasing costs, military planners are reconsidering the ways that air defense will need to change to counter this quickly growing threat.