Structural Limits of Current Air and Missile Defense Models (warontherocks.com)

• Current missile defense models effective only within narrower threat envelope
• Proposed four-pillar approach: integration, disaggregation, magazine depth, offensive action
• Author is retired USAF general now at Northrop Grumman, reflecting industry perspective

"Modern air and missile defense is approaching a structural limit. The current model is effective only within a narrower envelope than threats demand. A new approach is required, based on fire-control-level integration, disaggregated survivable architectures, affordable magazine depth, and making offensive action the central element of defense. The author, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general and Northrop Grumman executive, argues for a paradigm shift."