Air Defense, Intelligence and the Failure of Readiness
Air Defense, Intelligence and the Failure of Readiness A Strategic Analysis Series on Radar, Warning, IADS, and Modern Air Defense Failure Modern air defense failures are often explained in overly simple terms: a weak radar, a delayed interception, a failed command decision, a saturation attack that “overwhelmed the system.” In reality, these failures are rarely isolated. They are systemic. This series examines a broader problem: > The real weakness in modern air defense often begins before detection — when intelligence, warning, and readiness fail to become defensive action. At the center of this series is a straightforward but increasingly important argument: radar alone does not guarantee protection intelligence alone does not guarantee readiness command alone does not guarantee reaction and technology alone does not guarantee survivability Modern missile and drone warfare compresses timelines, fragments decision-making, and punishes any air defense system that cannot function as...