Why Modern Missile Defense Systems Are Struggling Against Mass Drone Attacks

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Why Modern Missile Defense Systems Are Struggling Against Mass Drone Attacks

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Initially, air defense systems were developed to deal with the fast moving aircraft and ballistic missiles. These menaces are huge, costly, and in a way small. This equation has been altered by the sudden development of drones used by the military. In the current wars, small unmanned aircraft are now becoming common in the use of coordinated attacks in large numbers. The swarms of drones pose new threats to the air defense systems that were never designed to deal with hundreds of low-priced airborne targets.