How Iran Is Learning From Ukraine War To Challenge US Air Defences

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The Russia-Ukraine war has become a laboratory for modern warfare. Drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, electronic warfare, mobile air defence and underground military infrastructure have all changed how countries think about fighting a technologically superior enemy. Iran appears to be studying those lessons closely. In this OneIndia explainer, we examine how Iran is adapting battlefield lessons from Ukraine and how those lessons could be making the US military's air-defence challenge more complicated. From drone-and-missile saturation attacks to the use of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in the same attack wave, Iran appears to be adopting a strategy designed to create more targets than an air-defence network can comfortably handle. The Patriot missile system is at the centre of this equation. The issue is not simply whether American forces can intercept Iranian missiles. The bigger question is how long the US can sustain the expenditure of expensive interc

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